Book Review of Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America’s Universities by Daniel Golden It’s on page 205. The author tells how the CIA persuaded kitchen staff to poison attendees at a scientific conference in Western Europe in order to get an Iranian nuclear scientist to defect. …

I am going to compare my best and worst performing articles. I’m going to say best and worst by reads, and then (since Medium’s all about the money) best and worst by earnings. I am an artist, writer and political cartoonist. I have been writing on Medium since March of…

I was surprised that he was Black. — The parent’s name was Hitler. I was surprised that he was Black. I was testing ELL (English Language Learner) students for an urban district near Boston. A district where 65 languages were spoken. When I had looked at my upcoming appointments and seen that there was an immigrant South African…

Book Review of Uncovered: How the Media Got Cozy with Power, Abandoned Its Principles, and Lost the People by Steve Krakauer Steve Krakauer’s Uncovered tackles bias in the media, which has become a crisis of journalistic ethics. Krakauer* is an executive producer on the Megyn Kelly Show. He has worked at CNN, Fox News, NBC and The Blaze, a conservative television network and website (formerly CRTV).

There are plenty of people who are disenchanted with President Biden, for these reasons: Corruption 2. Nord Stream Pipeline Bombing 3. Concerns with Age/Cognition 4. Inappropriate Boundaries with Women/Girls 5. Billions of dollars are being sent to the Ukraine 6. He Backed Away from his Campaign Promises 7. The Economy …

Give only what you think matters. No more, no less. — Why I Give 50 While I have been reading Caitlin Johnstone’s commentary on Medium for several years and other authors like her, I just subscribed and started writing for it myself in March when I lost my job. When I first started I treated the clap system as a like…

“No medicine cures what happiness cannot.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez — So many people I know are on antidepressants or antianxiety medications. People are depressed and unhappy and many try to regain that happiness through prescription medication, alcohol, drugs, or risky behaviors. We need to slow down and think about what makes us happy. And I don’t mean your kids, your…

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt Amazon.com: Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt (Audible Audio Edition): Michael Lewis, Dylan Baker, Simon & Schuster…amzn.to I normally would not pick up a book about the stock market. It doesn’t naturally pique my interest but I’d read a favorable review somewhere and when I saw it in a bookstore I picked it up. I couldn’t put it down and ended up buying it. …

A Fascinating Glimpse at the Life of a Modern Astronomer — How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown is entertaining and informative. …