Phoenix Mercury player Brittney Griner has been held in a Russian jail since she was arrested in mid-February at Sheremetyevo International Airport after she was  found to be carrying vaporizer cartridges containing hash oil, a substance that is illegal in Russia, in her luggage. The Olympic medalist acknowledged in court this month that...

Thomas Figueroa, a 27-year-old Floridian, decided to get a vasectomy after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. He and his girlfriend don’t want children and this is his way of taking equal responsibility for reproduction now that the ban on abortion makes it harder and riskier for her to...

  The US Supreme Court justices have gone crazy—or wildly political. That’s the only conclusion an impartial observer could reach after following the recent jaw-dropping decisions. Taken as a whole, these rulings would suggest that the US is trying to turn the clock back to what they perceive to be...

If you’re looking for logic and consistency in today’s emotionally inflamed politics, move on, there’s nothing to see here. If you’re looking for hypocrisy, this is the place. Conservatives and Trump supporters waged a war during the Covid pandemic against vaccination and mask mandates, claiming that the government has no...

This June 16th will be the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce's infamous novel, "Ulysses". The book was first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920 and then published in its entirety in Paris by Sylvia Beach on  February 2, 1922. James...

The sacrosanct adherence to the Second Amendment is almost totally based on ignorance about the Bill of Rights, and the NRA exploits this ignorance to justify their self-interested agenda.

Martin Turnbull was born in Melbourne, Australia, but in the mid-90s, he moved to  Los Angeles. A lifelong love of travel, history, and sharing his knowledge with others led him first to work as Garden of Allah 1932. Photo Courtesy of Martin Turnbull. a private tour guide showing off the...

The New York Times reported today that the Supreme Court has privately decided to strike down Roe v Wade. Politico reported that “Every Republican appointee on the court other than Chief Justice John Roberts has voted to overturn” it and while it’s expected that the three Democratic appointees will dissent,...