SANDERS: Barbados’ Republican status is not a yen for pieces of silver
From MENAFN By Sir Ronald Sanders Among the most nonsensical statements uttered by a British Parliamentarian and repeated in the British newspaper, The Sunday Times, is that Barbados will become a Republic at the dictation of the Government of the…
It was all about race
By Ewin James A wise man once said that history doesn’t disclose its alternatives; so, we don’t know what would have happened had the three white men who murdered the young black man, Ahmaud Arbery, in their neighborhood in Brunswick…
Why don’t we see headlines touting the Pentagon’s hefty price tag?
The Pentagon budget is effectively stealing from government benefits to ordinary Americans. But don’t rely on corporate media or lawmakers to even acknowledge, let alone debate this issue. By Sonali Kolhatkar / Independent Media Institute Intense debate over the Build…
Why stereo?
From Paul McGowan, PS Audio In an age where multi-channel receivers and equipment can be easily had, why do we stay with only two speakers? Some of us have been around long enough to remember the days of Quadraphonic sound….
Don’t Blame Government Benefits for Inflation—Blame the Modern Economy
By Sonali Kolhatkar / Independent Media Institute Headlines are screaming that inflation is here to stay. Consumer prices have risen by an average of 6.2 percent in the past year, the sharpest increase since 1991. Although Americans are supposedly—in the words of the New York…
Les Paul
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Modern music and the art of recording have much to thank the musician, Les Paul for. Lester William Polsfuss was born in 1915 and lived to the ripe old age of 94. He was…
Seeing Vs. Hearing
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio When it comes to capturing and reproducing dynamic range, audio has visual beat by a wide margin. The human ear is capable of about 140dB of dynamic range—the same as a 32-bit digital audio capture….
Insight: We’re not being alarmist – The dangers we face are real
By Dr Anne Gallagher, Director-General of the Commonwealth Foundation, From Tribune242 SMALL island states are experiencing global warming in ways that most of us can barely imagine. From the Pacific to the Caribbean, these tiny nations, already highly vulnerable, are…
One Way Street
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio If you freeze bread and then toast it, the results are marvelous. Crunchy on the outside and soft and pliable on the inside. Try reversing the process and the results are more than disappointing….
Why is the U.S. fueling the November 15 Cuba protests?
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde / Globetrotter On September 20, letters began to arrive at eight Cuban municipal or provincial government headquarters announcing the holding of “peaceful” marches on November 15 by a group called Archipiélago. The motivation for these marches was a call…