If you are a regular user of the Twitter network, and like most people only use it for sharing updates with friends and fans, then you may be surprised to learn that an educational group known as SkM is demanding that Twitter install greater safety filters into its social network. SkM Consulting is Skillful Means [...]

After the Vietnam War, thousands of U.S. soldiers returned home and did not recieve a hero’s welcome. In fact, one of those soldiers had a son, and that son got married and had a son of his own. That boy’s name was Stephen Goodman. At 9 years old, Stephen Goodman of Surprise, Arizona made the [...]

From “Frosty the Snowman” being arrested at a parade in Maryland, to a Santa Claus being nailed to a cross by an atheist group in Leesburg, it’s interesting to observe the fact that true stories really are often stranger than fictional ones. If you don’t believe me, then check these three five strange but true [...]

Black Friday 2011 came and went, without much of a sign that there is anything amiss with the American economy. In fact, according to most sources that monitor commercial sales, Black Friday in 2011 set new records over previous years. (1) Apparently, gun sales in particular surged on Friday, as background checks for gun sales [...]

According to a new report on Iran’s nuclear weapons program released by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran is secretly working to obtain a new nuclear weapon. The IAEA is an autonomous international organization with the aim to “promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for military purposes.” (1) [...]

Why is it that some people take it upon themselves to lead a country, knowing the sheer difficulty of what would lie ahead of them? These were my thoughts when following the recent Spanish elections. How could Mariano Rajoy, the new incoming Spanish prime minister, leader of the conservative Popular Party (PP), who won a [...]

“We have been able to change the dialogue in our country, from ‘Where are we going to cut our budget and spending?’ to creating jobs and seriously looking at economic equalities.” Those were the words that Justin Wedes told the BBC. Justin is a member of the New York General Assembly, the organization responsible for [...]

If you think that I’m joking when I say that the New Hampshire Supreme Court is going to be hearing a case between Bigfoot and the New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation, I’m not. Two years ago, Jonathan Doyle, a performance artist, bought a Bigfoot costume from iParty, and then headed up to the [...]

Last month, Top Secret Writers reported on the efforts by top CEOs around the country to direct the decisions of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (JSC), otherwise known as the “Super Committee”. Last month the Committee for Economic Development (CED) – an organization supported by various big-name CEOs that signed onto the effort [...]

Since the Occupy Wall Street protests began on September 17, 2011, it rapidly evolved to a wider worldwide movement. It is a movement which, more than two months later, shows no sign of abating. Police reaction to the Occupy movement has been somewhat varied. For example, the fact that New York City plain clothed “hipster [...]