Jul
3
2020
Healing the heart of racism
Much is being said about removing institutional racism from our society, but what do we need to do to remove it from individual hearts?
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24
2020
Everyday superheroes
We’re still reeling with amazement over the case of Patrick Hutchison, the black bystander who, in the midst of an ugly clash between Black Lives Matter and far right protesters, lifted a far-right member to safety. He’s been on morning TV and lauded as an extraordinary anomaly – a true-life Superman.
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19
2020
A fast track across the divide
Amid the rioting, the angry confrontations and the deep cultural divide sparked off by the brutal murder of George Floyd, two incidents stand out that fill me with hope.
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12
2020
On tearing down the past
Recently, in the ongoing protests over the wrongful death of George Floyd, protesters have turned from tearing down statues of symbolic ‘heroes’ of the past to demanding the removal of culture that depicts racism.
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5
2020
It’s time to start talking – and listening
We’ve been here before – again and again. Possibly the most potent symbol of police racism and brutality in America is Watts, a district in southern Los Angeles. Several decades ago, the street gangs of Watts formed the epicenter of America’s crack cocaine business. Such was the rivalry between the main gangs, the Crips and […]
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29
2020
COVID-19: Now what?
As many states and countries are beginning to emerge from lockdown, media outlets around the world continue to dwell on the numbers: the total number of cases and death tolls; the R numbers and whether individual countries have brought infection rates down to acceptable levels; a nation’s total stockpile of test kits and personal protective […]
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22
2020
The US FDA proposed ban on homeopathy – what you can do
For those of you who believe in natural medicine, you may be shocked to know that the US Food and Drug Administration has proposed to essentially ban homeopathy with draconian legislation that would give them sweeping powers to empty the shelves of homeopathic preparations.
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15
2020
D is for Duh!
All over the newspapers, as though it is a miraculous revelation, you’re reading that vitamin D levels just might be linked to the way that people respond to infection with COVID-19. Those who have suffered the highest complication rates have the lowest levels of vitamin D.
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7
2020
On celebrating freedom of another kind
Today, on the 75th anniversary of VE Day, we are striking one small blow for freedom of another kind. And the freedom I’m talking about, that is in danger of a type of suppression with the potential to be every bit as tyrannical as the fascist takeover of Europe, is the subtle collapse of freedom […]
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1
2020
What they’re not telling you – about a lot of things
Several days ago, we learned that our magazine What Doctors Don’t Tell You had been slated by a drive-time radio host in Australia, and that his statements led to the magazine being pulled from two store chains: Coles and Woolworths.
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