Politics

By Michael Collins Morton

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An Unpublished Letter to The Guardian Regarding the Pandemic of Covid-19

By Michael Collins Morton
(The letter below, which I wrote in an attempt to heighten awareness regarding the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19, was submitted, in June, 2026, to The Guardian , a British newspaper renowned for its self-proclaimed dedication to the common good, but was not published, offering another shameful instance of a media outlet apparently being unwilling to acknowledge Covid-19 as an extreme threat to human safety.) To the editor: Although The Guardian is to be commended for regularly using its journalism to promote a thorough examination of the many problems that currently threaten the human community (climate change, nuclear weapons, rampant fascism, capitalist inequity, etc.), it has overtly failed in its moral obligation to promote the same degree of examination in regard to the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19. It appears that in 2026, The Guardian , in common with the general public, has wrongly chosen to view Covid-19 as a lesser threat (or indeed, as no threat) to human survival. The foreb...
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An Unpublished Letter to The Oregonian Regarding the Pandemic of Covid-19

By Michael Collins Morton
(In May, 2026, I composed the following letter regarding the extreme threat still posed by the pandemic of Covid-19, and, as a matter of principle, duly submitted it to the editor of The Oregonian , the leading newspaper in the state of Oregon, with the strong presumption, which not surprisingly turned out to be quite correct, that it had little chance of being published.) To the editor: Contrary to the comfortable delusion being promoted by government and media, the harsh truth is that the pandemic of Covid-19 is not over. In 2026, Covid-19 continues to spread freely (particularly in medical settings), continues to result in repeated infections, and continues to cause life-threatening harm throughout the human community. According to the website Our World in Data , the worldwide number of "estimated cumulative excess deaths" ascribable to Covid-19 since 2020 is likely to be upwards of 27 million. The complete lack of necessary measures to curb the airborne contagion of Covid...
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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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Artificial Intelligence Is an Enemy of Human Values

By Michael Collins Morton
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being forced upon us by our corporate masters, who seek to use it for the foul purpose of controlling our lives. Day by day, artificial intelligence is expanding its repugnant dominion, deeply encroaching on our daily experience, crudely violating the integrity of our thoughts, our beliefs, our feelings, our motives, our decisions, and our actions, thereby irrevocably diminishing our worth as human beings. Unquestionably, artificial intelligence is an enemy of human values. Under the alluring guise of "convenience," the fundamental principles that provide a foundation for the regular course of human activity are being perverted by sinister tools that have the potential to brutally override our intentions, depriving us of the ability, and the right, to make our own choices and determine our own destiny. We are being pushed into a high-tech dictatorship. Those who promote the acceptance of artificial intelligence are tricksters. The distr...
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All Right Now: One Fan's Discretionary History of Rock 'n' Roll in the 1960s & 1970s (Part 1)

By Michael Collins Morton
Beatles, British Invasion, pop, soul. While I suppose that, in a pinch, I might be able to credibly pass as a self-taught scholar of rock 'n' roll, a learned disciple possessed of a tireless zeal for rock in all its impatient, impudent, impetuous permutations (a zeal that, in the eyes of any slow, run-of-the-mill dullard who is perversely unmoved by the eternal charm of music, could be peevishly seen as excessive), I am devoid of any credentials in the field of musical studies, and therefore I can make no claim of being a so-called expert. What follows is my own survey of the music that meant the most to me when I was young (and still means as much to me now that I am old): an informal overview by an unabashedly ardent listener, a casual gathering of opinions and observations from one fan. For most of the time that I have been a dweller on this spinning globe, arriving by way of my birth at an RAF base in the North West of England, a few months after Queen Elizabeth II was crow...
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