The Serpent and the Staff: Symbols of Safety and Security in the Propaganda of...
Introduction
Understanding the bizarre social and economic transformations afoot in the world today requires a considerably wider view of history than is presented in contemporary...
Public Money, Private Crusades: The ‘ScienceUpFirst‘ Campaign and the New Politics of Misinformation
The Face of “Science Communication” in Canada
In recent years, a new genre of science communication has taken center stage in Canada. It doesn’t look...
Resuscitating the Comatose: The Defibrillating Fine Art of John Whitehead
Introduction
Michelangelo mastered mannerism, Georges Seurat pointillism, Vincent Van Gogh impressionism, Edvard Munch expressionism, and Pablo Picasso cubism. The multiplicity of movements developed by countless...
Teaching Critical Thinking or Manufacturing Consent
Introduction
When the World Health Organization announced a viral pandemic in early 2020, universities around the world swiftly adopted a wide range of emergency measures....
From Insulin to mRNA Therapy: 100 Years of Progress and Regress in Medical Science
The 2021-22 period marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto. In October 2021, the University of Toronto...
You are Not a Horse: Misinformation, Medicalization, and the Suppression of Dissent in the...
A Tweet Read Around the World
On August 21, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a now infamous (and retracted) tweet: “You...
WHO’s Pulling the Strings? Covid Injections and the Internet of Bio-Nano Things, Part 4:...
Abstract: Since human beings generally represent the most unpredictable element of any complex organisation, management techniques must be continually refined in the interest of...
Threats to Freedom of Expression: Covid-19, the ‘fact checking counter-disinformation industry’, and online harm...
(Also published by PANDA and at PANDA substack)
We are living through an era in which freedom of expression is evaporating. Numerous scientists have been...
Misinformation or Public Debate?
Introduction
In recent years, there has been an upsurge of concern about online misinformation and disinformation, with efforts to thwart it. In many cases, claims...
Part 2: Whither Europe? The EU is Poised for a Transformation towards Centralised Control...
Not too long ago, European integration promised peace, prosperity, and the sustained betterment of the human condition. As of spring 2025, the Brussels-led bloc...