Introduction: Sleep and Physical Activity Found to Have Protective Effects A new large-scale scientific review has identified prolonged sitting, insufficient sleep and physical inactivity as significant, modifiable risk factors for dementia in adults. The analysis, which synthesized data from millions of individuals, found that adults who sit for more than eight hours daily face a substantially higher…

Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire Islamabad was never a peace conference in any honest sense. It was the moment Washington tried to turn military failure into diplomatic blackmail. What it could not break with bombs, it tried to extract across a polished table. Iran answered by making clear that sovereignty defended under attack would not be…

Amid war build-up, Selective Service System sends the White House its plan to identify and locate potential draftees On March 30th, the Selective Service System (SSS) sent the White House its proposed regulations for “automatic” [sic] draft registration for review and approval before they are made public. This is the first visible step in the transition from trying to get young…

Hating Israel without hating the western empire is nonsensical, because Israel would not exist without western weapons, military support, narrative control, and diplomatic cover. Reading by Tim Foley: Everyone hates Israel now, which is as it should be. But we all need to understand that Israel has never acted alone. If Israel were acting alone,…

Donald Trump sure has a strange approach to making housing more “affordable”. He apparently wants lower costs for buyers and higher prices for owners and sellers!  “I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own their homes.” Needless to say, as the Donald’s scrambles about seeking housing…

Introduction: The Flicker of Hope, Extinguished I watched the so-called ceasefire announcement with a sense of exhausted disbelief, a feeling I suspect many of you shared. Here we are, in April 2026, and the charade continues. President Donald Trump, fresh from his 2024 victory, declared a ‘two-way ceasefire’ with Iran, a move breathlessly reported by…