Exposing the Mechanisms Used to Manipulate Your Thoughts, Actions and Beliefs.

“If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.”   Mark Twain Many of us grew up with the message that the US media was ethical; seeking the truth and informing the public. The assumption was that there were dedicated reporters out there competing with each other to expose corruption, make sure voters knew the good and bad about political figures and that overall honesty was a prerequisite in the “4 th Estate.” Today polls show trust in the media at an all-time low. And recent coverage of Donald Trump illustrates why the media doesn’t deserve any respect. Before I go into how Trump has been given despicable treatment by the corporate media I would like to point to a scene in my book “ The Destiny of Our Past ” http://amzn.to/2nrU3Ng   Set in the distant past a group of Noah’s followers are gunned down by government security forces. This is witnessed by corporate media heads but they spin the story t...

“The price of civilization is instinctive renunciation.”   Sigmund Freud  “Sexual freedom, sexual liberation. A modern delusion. We are hierarchical animals. Sweep one hierarchy away, and another one will take its place, perhaps less palatable than the first.”   Camille Paglia With the possible exception of television nothing influenced the course of society in the USA and Europe in modern times more than the birth control pill. Yep, it’s true. And its appearance on the market in the 1960s came at just the right time for those who desired radical changes in traditional society. These generally left-leaning intellectuals had recognized the power of sexuality to drive not just reproduction, but also people’s basic ideas on how society should be structured. So to understand where we are today we must look back on not just the “sexual liberation” of the Sexual Revolution, but also its deeper implications.  In a book I wrote a few years ago part of ...

“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” Unknown author A scene all too familiar to fans of science fiction movies is a mad scientist working on a project that society would see as unethical. He or she usually is successful, only to unleash a series of events that the symbolic hero of the film must counter or destroy.  The lesson conveyed to an audience? Well, fear of taking curiosity and exploration too far. There are many ethical questions we are going to face in the near future in regards to the science of genetic engineering.  As we advance in our knowledge of how DNA operates, what genetic combinations give us specific personality traits, intelligence, aptitudes and physical abilities we will also be able to manipulate those blueprints.  It is safe to say that we are nearing the end of regular man-meets-woman, they form a relationship, have sex and create a child based on a random pairing of a particular eg...