Tyre Nichols’ murdering police officers may have been Black, but the horrible beating and death reveal deep schisms in policing standards and oversight, and a culture of systemic violence.
About Rhodora O.
America’s Shameful History of Native American Land Dispossession
We take a look at how the extensive Native American land dispossession and population loss happened and what shameful strategies were employed by settlers and the U.S. government.
The Role of Corporate Greed in Inflation
Corporate price-hiking beyond production costs and decreasing inflation-adjusted wages point to corporate greed as the major cause of inflation.
Pro-abortion Stances Are the Norm – A Look at Oriental Religions
Supporters of the US Supreme Court reversal of abortion rights cite conservative Christian dogma. However, Rhodora O’s survey of world religions and their practitioners shows that pro-abortion stances are the norm.
Insulin Profiteering: USA Big Pharma’s Shameful History
Insulin prices have exponentially risen over the last several years and patients cannot afford the rising costs. Big Pharma is benefiting from an industry in which the only party to lose is the patient.
GameStop: The Story of a Stock
In 1984, two Harvard alumni opened a software retailer in Dallas, Texas, naming it after the world’s first computer scientist Charles Babbage. This company would later become GameStop.
Energy Consumption Needs of Web 3.0 – Can the Planet Sustain Them?
As the world moves towards Web 3.0, can the planet sustain the humungous energy consumption needs of running the internet?
What’s Overexposure to Physical and Sexual Violence on TV and Film Doing to Us?
Sexual violence and physical violence are increasingly common in TV and film. What exactly is this doing to our collective psyches?
The Global Housing Bubble and Why Should We Fear It
There is a housing bubble across many countries in the world, including USA and Canada, and experts are saying it’s on its way to a burst.
Pro-abortion Stances Are the Norm — Surveying Islam and Judaism
The US Supreme Court may have refuted Abortion Rights, but a survey of Islamic and Jewish jurisprudence reveals that Abortion Rights permissibility is the norm, rather than the exception.
The Reality Behind Technological Singularity and Artificial Intelligence Takeovers
We all fear robots taking over one day, but how realistic are these fears of technological singularity?
Douche Vitriol: Incels’ Toxic History and the Alt-Right Connection
Incel groups date back to 1990s. The term started with a community of people, both men and women, unsuccessful in their attempts to find romantic partners.
How Christian Is the Anti-Abortion Stance?
Pro-Lifers cite Christianity to explain anti-abortion activism leading up to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. But is that really a Christian stance?
How Does Ramadan Go For Palestine’s Children
When I feel my children are getting too complacent about the easy blessings of life (even in a pandemic there are many), I sometimes remind them about the children of Palestine. And then together we wonder what the children in Palestine are doing. This is the lunar month of Ramadan, an occasion for month-long spiritual […]
Atlanta Spa Killings and the Intersectional Black Hole
I was looking forward to doing a post on Women’s Month in March, celebrating our achievements in recent years, and reporting on the status of women’s rights both in the USA and globally. But then eight people, including six Asian women, were killed in Atlanta and the wind went out of that idea. Hatred on […]
The Gamestop Saga: To Short or Not To Short
A Guide on All Matters Related to Short Selling for Readers Looking to Understand What Is Really Going on in the $GME Gamestop Saga.
Do We Need Different Politics to Mend the Rifts in Society?
Times are riddled with polarities, sometimes to the point of extremism. Be it the Capitol Riots, the killing of innocent Black citizens by the police, or the cleaning up of hedge fund billions by a bunch of Redditors… We are repeatedly seeing awkward, uncomfortable friction, clashes, and acting out by different segments of society against […]
Capitol Riots and Nolan’s Prescience of a Trumped Up America
One of the worst chapters in the history of politics took place on 6th January 2021. A congressional session was in place to confirm Joe Biden’s victory in the recent Presidential Elections when right-wing extremists stormed the Capitol Building. They came straight from a rally being held by Trump only a short distance away. Before […]
The Sham of Western Feminine Liberation
Due to recent events, social ills like political radicalism and racial discrimination have dominated the news cycle, temporarily obscuring other urgent problems that still fester in society, even more so with a pandemic raging on. One of these problems is that of gender inequality and the related issues of sexism and misogyny. Gender inequality is […]
The Matrix is Coming for Us
A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation … A graphical representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. With this definition of cyberspace, we can trace the starting point of our journey toward the matrix. William Gibson published his novel Neuromancer in 1984, […]