History is testimony to the fact that the wrong people, in positions of political power, cause havoc. We are seeing the repeating cycle today with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu and others, a handful of men actively working to destroy the work that decades of good leaders put in place to move the world closer to global unification. If we accept that this cycle of dictatorial leaders is "just the way it is", then of course that complacency and apathy will make it possible for...

Although my voice will probably only be heard by a handful of people, nonetheless, it needs to be said on behalf of the voices that really count - the American people who did not choose to have their nation taken over by a dictatorial and fascist oligarchy. Sadly, the American perspective is heavily inculcated with the fantasy that the “American dream” is still alive, and it is not - that is pure radical nostalgism at this point. When I moved to the United States from Canada, where I grew up,...

Photo from www.thethinkacademy.com The following article was posted at  International Writers Inspiring Change , which is excerpted from  www.thethinkacademy.com  (including the above image) - an excellent article about  Literacy and Democracy  and what we as authors face as a challenge to restore deep-reading (of books) in order to protect critical-thinking and freedom of thought. Read the article  HERE . Réal Laplaine Author of high-concept thrillers www.reallaplaine.com