Subscribe to Zero-Sum Pfear & Loathing

The Canadian former physics professor says he is assembling a team to investigate the existence of viruses. Eric Coppolino offers historical documents that might facilitate his efforts.
Emails between the U.S. National Toxicology Program and the CDC claim that Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine prevented the release of a long-delayed review on the toxicity of fluoride.
According to OpenSecrets, members of Congress invest more cash in real estate than any other industry, which has been true every year since 2008 when the research group first began tracking Congressmembers’ investments.
Democracy is not a spectator sport. Civic engagement is a real, crucial feature to trying to wrest control from these handful of corporations that control not only our communications landscape, but increasingly our entire civic sphere.
Billionaires (especially those in tech) may propagate the myth of the merit-based American dream, but some of the most dramatic success stories began with a parent using their wealth or connections to give their child the upper hand.
Western civilization is pathologically death-phobic, and modern-day propagandists are able to weaponize this fear of death to manipulate populations into betraying their values.