Other Interests

Health Related:

Vitamin D Research and it's importance in fighting disease and sickness - Video (12 min) by Dr. John Campbell

Type 2 Diabetes TED Talk by Dr. Sarah Hallberg - She is the Medical Director of the Medically Supervised Weight Loss Program at IU Health Arnett

https://c19early.org/

Reduce the viral load for respiratory illness

Independent Medical Alliance

COVID19 Policies Caused the Greatest Wealth Transfer in Human History

Environment Related:

Where do trees get their mass? - Veritasium Video

Global land change from 1982 to 2016 - Nature.com Study Published Aug 2018
Tree cover has increased by 2.24 million km2 (+7.1% relative to the 1982 level)

Authoritarianism/Command Economies:

The key indicator of an authoritarian personality is the desire to censor speech of others.

Freedom of speech is the bedrock principle upon which all other personal freedoms rest. Without free speech we are not free at all. The picture above is a banner that hangs at the front of my classroom. Can free speech go too far? Should we ban "hate speech?" What if someone you despise is the politician in charge (or group of politicians in charge) and they get to decide what constitutes hate speech? Could you be locked up for criticizing the way they govern our society? Therefore, so-called hate speech should never be banned. What is the best solution to terrible speech? More and more free speech. Because, in the end, the good ideas will win over the bad ideas if everyone can speak freely. The key indicator of an authoritarian personality is the desire to censor speech of others.

"When you are unsure who is telling the truth or not, simply identify which side is suppressing speech of the other and the answer is revealed." --anonymous

New Discourses - This site is an educational platform to help understand why some individuals and groups are trying to censor the speech of others. What is their philosophy and tactics to shut others down with whom they disagree.

Over 50 Federal Administration Employees, 12 US Agencies Involved in Social Media Censorship--A Violation of the 1st Amendment

Van Jones Thoughts on Free Speech and Safe Spaces on College Campuses

Is it a Violation of the 1st Amendment for Government Officials to Request Big Tech to Suppress Speech?(watch this example)

A Letter on Justice and Open Debate - Harpers Magazine July 7, 2020 - Signed by 153 Liberal Thinkers

Section 230 of USCODE Title 47-Chapter5 (Is Big Tech Considered a Platform or a Publisher?) (if download doesn't work click here)

Should Big Tech have the power to control what we see, hear...and even think? Online censorship shouldn’t be a partisan issue.

Fact Blockers - Facebook-run FactCheck is blocking free speech

Naomi Wolf: The Constitution Isn't Suspended Because of a Pandemic

Frederick Douglass on Free Speech

Free Speech in a Market Economy Compared to a Command Economy

Why Edith Hamilton Feared the Decline of Individualism More Than the Atomic Bomb