Richard Zurawski

Why oh why oh why oh why does it take us so long to learn? Biologists and medical specialists have been warning us for decades about the use and misuse of pesticides. The basic premise is that if the stuff you are using kills things it has the potential to kill us and things we [...]

In spite of the incredible warm winter weather, many of us ache for the summer sun which is still a few months off. The sun and its light play a vital role in our overall health and mental well being. Our bodies and our minds are tuned to its light and warmth. That having been [...]

Funny how the more things change the more they stay the same. The anti-science feds are at it again. It’s a classic case of if you have no information, then you can’t make a case for or against something. And the key to science is research. And what better way to shut up those pesky [...]

Undirected research … The latest federal budget has just come down from on high and if you think that the way to a prosperous, sustainable and healthy future is through science, you are destined to be sorrily disappointed. It has been shown in case after case for the past 500 years that those countries who [...]

Back about 20 years ago, a seminal book written by Noam Chomsky called Manufacturing Consent was published. In it, Chomsky, in wonderful detail, related the process by which the modern mass media creates a consent in the opinions that, we the consumers of the news and information, have, and think they are our own. Oscar [...]