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Author: Andy Corbley

Foreign Policy

‘America is Back’ Is Equal To or Greater than ‘Make America Great Again’

March 31, 2021

WASHINGTON D.C., March 30th, 2021. In the span of two days, any credibility that the United States will commit…

How Far Down the Rabbit Hole Must One Go to find Prehistoric Artifacts? Not Far Say Wales Archaeologists
Human Sciences

How Far Down the Rabbit Hole Must One Go to find Prehistoric Artifacts? Not Far Say Wales Archaeologists

March 29, 2021

PICTURED: The burrow where the artifacts were discovered. Photo credit: Skokholm Blog. Released. Alone on the windswept island Skokholm,…

Million Gardens Movement Wants to Remove All Modern Barriers to Gardening Through Education and Community
Nutrition

Million Gardens Movement Wants to Remove All Modern Barriers to Gardening Through Education and Community

March 25, 2021

PICTURED: The home page of the Million Gardens Movement, featuring legendary actor Harrison Ford who lent his voice of…

War

The Afghan Withdrawal Must Begin Much Earlier than May 1st Deadline—Analysts Say

March 23, 2021

PICTURED: The C-5 Galaxy, built by Lockheed Martin, is the largest cargo airplane in the U.S. Military, and one…

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Widespread Support Arrives for Biden’s Nomination for NASA Director

March 22, 2021

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. April 15th, 2010. PICTURED: then-U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) gives introductory remarks during an Obama-era space…

Why Mexico is the Perfect Digital Nomad Destination
ArchivesTravel

Why Mexico is the Perfect Digital Nomad Destination

March 19, 2021December 11, 2023

My husband and I started our digital nomad adventure in the fall of 2016. After backpacking around the world…

War

President Biden Breaks His First American Promise: The Peace Agreement with the Taliban

March 18, 2021

PICTURED: U.S. F-16 Vipers Fly over Afghanistan in 2020. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan. March 17th. 2021. Spokesperson for the U.S. forces…

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UK Announce Increase of Nuclear Stockpile While Pentagon Predicts the Same in China

March 17, 2021

December, 2016. PICTURED: Now-Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks at Chatham House when he was Sec. of State for Foreign…

Meet Your New Interior Secretary: The First Native American Cabinet Secretary
Policy

Meet Your New Interior Secretary: The First Native American Cabinet Secretary

March 16, 2021

PICTURED: Congresswoman Debra Haaland, or “Crushed Turquoise” of the Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico’s 1st District, captured in the historic…

Rarest-of-the-Rarest Dinosaur Fossil is a Cretaceous Era Still Life of Oviraptor and 24 Eggs
ArchivesEarth Sciences

Rarest-of-the-Rarest Dinosaur Fossil is a Cretaceous Era Still Life of Oviraptor and 24 Eggs

March 15, 2021July 12, 2023

An international team of paleontologists has unearthed the latest fossil in what could be described as a 4-decade-long conveyor…

Viewed Through Venetian Glass: An Artform is Reimagined to Capture World in Crisis for Stunning Exhibition
ArchivesTravel

Viewed Through Venetian Glass: An Artform is Reimagined to Capture World in Crisis for Stunning Exhibition

March 12, 2021December 11, 2023

While Venice, a world-mecca for glass art, became a famous casualty of the pandemic, the fires of one of…

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China Russia Moon Research Base Welcomes International Collaboration

March 10, 2021

PICTURED: Artist’s concept of the ILRS. Photo credit: CAST. Published. The directors of Roscosmos, the Russian national aerospace agency,…

War

CIA Air Base in Niger Sahara Grows Larger — Another Drone War to Follow?

March 9, 2021

PICTURED: The base’s original footprint has doubled in size. Photo credit: Planet Labs. Published. First noticed by satellite imagery…

Japanese Cuisine Has Always Increased Lifespan — But What About Healthspan?
ArchivesNutrition

Japanese Cuisine Has Always Increased Lifespan — But What About Healthspan?

March 8, 2021September 25, 2023

After years of gaining popularity as some sort of secret aging cure, the traditional Japanese diet and method of…

Conservation

Santa Fe and Santiago in The Galapagos Get Their Reptiles Back in Big Conservation Wins

March 5, 2021

PICTURED: Juvenile tortoises released on Santa Fe Island. Photo credit: GTRI. SANTA Fe, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. February 26th, 2021.…

3 Days After Yellowstone: The Real Oldest National Park Turns 100 Today
Conservation

3 Days After Yellowstone: The Real Oldest National Park Turns 100 Today

March 4, 2021

PICTURED: Pool of hot spring water in Hot Springs National Park. Photo credit: Brandon Rush. CC 3.0. Hot Springs…

Following Biden’s Bombings in Syria VA Senator Kaine “Insists” on Changes
ArchivesWar

Following Biden’s Bombings in Syria VA Senator Kaine “Insists” on Changes

March 3, 2021February 26, 2024

Following President Biden’s allegedly retaliatory attacks against Iraqi Shi’ite militia groups in Syria, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine has essentially…

Wracked by Decades of War Mosul Museums and Monuments Try and Rebuild
ArchivesWorld News

Wracked by Decades of War Mosul Museums and Monuments Try and Rebuild

March 2, 2021November 15, 2024

When war came to the country of Iraq in the 21st century, it would arrive in a land that…

31 Dems Ask Biden to Start Moving Beyond Old Nuclear War Policy
Foreign Policy

31 Dems Ask Biden to Start Moving Beyond Old Nuclear War Policy

February 26, 2021

PICTURED: President John J. Kennedy returns to the White House in 1962 alongside an Air Force aide carrying the…

Like Jefferson, Scientists Help Demonstrate Pygmies’ Natural Rights to Ancestral Lands Given Over to Logging
Human Sciences

Like Jefferson, Scientists Help Demonstrate Pygmies’ Natural Rights to Ancestral Lands Given Over to Logging

February 25, 2021

DJA BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Cameroon. April 1st 2019. PICTURED: A chief of the Baka pygmies looks pensive in a forest…

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Europe Wants All the Profit with None of the Responsibility in Seizing Russian Assets

Andy Corbley December 8, 2025

Senior Kremlin officials have applauded Belgium’s stance regarding the seizure of some €215 billion in frozen Russian assets held…

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US Forces Bomb Somalia for the 90th Time This Year: Has it Helped?

Andy Corbley November 11, 2025

“In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike targeting ISIS-Somalia on Nov.…

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Pentagon Doesn’t Know Who They’re Killing in Caribbean Boat Bombings

Andy Corbley October 31, 2025

Virtually all news outlets worldwide reporting on the Pentagon’s targeted killings of sailors in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific…

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