BEETHOVEN'S DNA
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If you sit down, lie down, and roll over, Beethoven's #DNA from a hair sample reveals surprises nearly two centuries after his death.
SOTO LAW
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This image of my late uncle and Godfather Osvaldo N Soto was I visited him inside his Coral Gable home before he passed away.
CITY SONGS
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Over the years, a myriad of iconic artists have walked the streets, hills and valleys of the streets all over the world, penning songs that live under its clear blue skies and have sporadic all over the universe.
YOU’RE FIRED 2.5
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Elon Reeve Musk was born June 28, 1971 in South Africa. MUSK the son of an emerald mine owner is now a businessman in Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter aka X. Since 2025, he has been a senior advisor to POTUS Donald Trump and the de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency
SOCIAL INSECURITY
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Every American with a moral compass and at least some decency should be speaking out against cuts or privatization of Social Security. Contact your Congressional Representatives.
VOA DOA
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As a former G-15/10 US Government Chief for USIA-TV it is shocking to see our federal government foreign policy media arms ripped away in the USA.
WONDER WOMEN
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Let history—or, better yet, herstory—show that Deborah and Jane exemplify media darlings who represent longevity and success.
CRY FOR HELP
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The Beatles composed this song as an ode though it feels more like a desperate plea by the American public to the GOP President.
ALL ABOUT ISLAM
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A Spectre of Colonialism is Haunting Africa, From Algeria to South Africa
One of the things that struck me about the French occupation of Algeria was its similarities
to apartheid South Africa. A white minority population ruling over a disenfranchised indigenous majority,
displacing them and confiscating their lands, attempting to force them into a degree of servility and only
governing for the interests of the newfound whites. The Code de 'indigénat and policies of forced
resettlement are eerily similar to the Native Land Act of 1913, The Bantu Education Act of 1953 and
SILENT KILLERS
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A 2024 report from the Women on Farms Project (WFP) states that 67 pesticides
currently used in South Africa’s agriculture sector are banned in the EU, but still exported to
non-European nations. These pesticides, such as RoundUp, are known carcinogens that in South
Africa combines with severely outdated legislation and negligent farm owners to create a situation
where commercial farms are not only killing South Africa’s environment, but also her farmworkers
About 19% of South Africa’s 49 million residents hold either seasonal or full-time farm