President Trump's War Against Iran Is Proving to Be a Hugely Expensive Undertaking

By Michael Collins Morton
When irrational leaders choose, for their own irrational reasons, to wantonly engage in evil activities of mass killing and mass destruction, it does not come cheap. To offer a current example: the reckless war against Iran started by President Donald J. Trump (with malign support from Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel) on February 28, 2026, is proving to be a hugely expensive undertaking. According to the Pentagon, after the first few months of brutal action, the war has already cost the United States at least $29 billion, although the true expense is likely to be considerably greater.

$29 billion that could have been used to help those who are poor and hungry.

$29 billion that could have been used to provide necessary healthcare.

$29 billion that could have been used to build affordable housing.

$29 billion that could have been used to expand services for the elderly.

$29 billion that could have been used to create better opportunities for young people.

$29 billion that could have been used to repair essential infrastructure.

$29 billion that could have been used to strengthen institutions of higher education.

$29 billion that could have been used to enable new discoveries in the realm of science.

$29 billion that could have been used to foster growth in the arts.

$29 billion that could have been used to promote worthy principles of peace and equity.

$29 billion that could have been used to preserve human life, instead of being used to destroy human life.

$29 billion that could have been used for the benefit of the entire human community, instead of being used to enrich the greedy suppliers of weapons.

How many more billions are destined to be foolishly wasted during President Trump's aimless pursuit of war against Iran?

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Covid-19 Poses a Grievous Danger to Every Human Life

By Michael Collins Morton
At this stage of the ongoing pandemic, in 2026, it should be unmistakably apparent to any rational person that the uncontrolled spread of Covid-19 poses a grievous danger to every human life. Unfortunately, most people are still dwelling in a blank condition of mindless denial regarding Covid-19. It is, therefore, urgently necessary for the complete truth of Covid-19 to be strongly affirmed at every opportunity, again and again, as follows: Covid-19 is not "just a cold." Covid-19 is not merely a "nuisance." Covid-19 is not a "respiratory disease." Covid-19 is not a "seasonal disease." Covid-19 is not, by any true reckoning, a "mild disease." •   •   • Covid-19 is an unceasing destroyer. Covid-19 has not lessened, diminished, retreated, paused, or stopped since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Covid-19 has not become endemic. Covid-19 is a savage, unrelenting disease that frequently proves to be fatal. Covid-19 should be avoided at any...
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The Challenge of Maintaining Essential Safety During the Ongoing Pandemic of Covid-19

By Michael Collins Morton
With Covid-19 continuing to spread freely on a worldwide scale, countless instances of serious illness and early mortality are steadily undermining the foundation of the human community. Fundamental principles of care, concern, and caution have been heedlessly abandoned, leading to casual acceptance of unhealthy conditions that, in the long term, pose an overwhelming threat to our collective survival. The situation is extremely bad, and clearly getting worse. Respirator masks unquestionably provide the most effective means of curbing the malign advance of Covid-19, but the masses are not required to wear them, and therefore decline to wear them, which is why the masses are now destined for destruction. Since 2020, such negligence has served as a primary enabler of Covid-19. In huge crowds and in small gatherings, potentially fatal infection is constantly being passed from one person to another, in a cycle of mutual harm. For those, such as myself, who choose to resist the reckless ment...
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Donald Trump: Ringmaster in a Circus of Delusion and Destruction

By Michael Collins Morton
During his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump seems bent on definitively establishing himself as one of the worst leaders in the history of the world. He appears to relish being the ringmaster in a circus of delusion and destruction. It is a circus of unrestrained ego, wherein Donald Trump loudly sings his own praises, boldly extolling his own supposed virtues as he clumsily brings about the irrevocable ruin of everything within his reach. The unbridled madness that Donald Trump represents constitutes a singular realm of overt irrationality, considerably beyond the usual foolishness of politics. It is no longer a mere question of Republicans vs. Democrats, or right vs. left. Instead, it is an unmistakable, and far more dangerous, question of sanity vs. psychosis, harshly underlining a dark struggle in which both the fate of the United States and the fundamental stability of the entire human community are starkly hanging in the balance. Donald Trump perceives hi...
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The Human Community Has Fatally Lost Its Balance

By Michael Collins Morton
A quarter of the way into the 21st century, it is becoming undeniably apparent that we are now speeding toward a final stage of total destruction. A brief examination is enough to easily confirm that the human community has fatally lost its balance. The world of 2025 is increasingly beset by the baleful forces of war, genocide, disease, technology, greed, deceit, corruption, and hypocrisy, with a host of heinous conditions swiftly worsening from one day to the next. Two particular instances of unspeakable evil provide undeniable evidence of our collective descent into a hell of our own making. The first instance is the overtly deliberate spread of airborne contagion that has propelled the current pandemic of Covid-19 since March, 2020, causing at least 27 million people to perish worldwide. The second instance is the wholesale slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza carried out by Israel since October, 2023, with tens of thousands of helpless civilians being wantonly murdered. The monstrous ...
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