David Bell: Child Sacrifice and Our Desire to Ignore It

Some actions of humans are so dark that we prefer to ignore them, avoiding the darkening of our own thoughts. When others assist us by denigrating truth-tellers or censoring news, we may be quietly grateful as life seems better when not intruded upon by the pain of victims or the abuse of their torturers.

David Bell: Global Health Reform Must Go Far Beyond WHO

Understanding the Depth of a Problem

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently entered the consciousness of many in Western countries as, justifiably, an example of destructive, unaccountable bureaucratic overreach. Seeking to impose restrictions and extract money from individuals and nations for the benefit of well-heeled sponsors, it plays no useful role in the lives of many beyond providing a potential career path for those who want travel, a good salary, and a feeling of altruistic superiority. Through its role in the abrogation of human rights and impoverishment of hundreds of millions during the Covid response, it has spawned an Exit the WHO movement standing on the supremacy of individual and national sovereignty.

David Bell: Vaccines and the Length of Our Lives

The commercial imperative to extract money from human bodies is playing havoc with medical education, and the body of knowledge through which the medical professions operate. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the field of vaccines, and their place in determining the length of our lives.

 
The History of Living Longer

David Bell: The Right to Speak Evil

Words can harm. The childhood saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” is obviously untrue. Words bring ruin and despair, drive people to suicide, and foment massacres and war. They are used to justify the enslavement of nations, and the genocide of entire ethnic groups. This is exactly why we must all, always, be free to speak them.

Thi Thuy Van Dinh, David Bell: The UN Machinery against Human Rights

WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED (…)

to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and (…)

to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

David Bell: Farms of all Sizes Feed the World

We live in a world where oligarchs accumulate land, use their media assets to denigrate natural foods, and invest in fake alternatives. On the other ‘side,’ wealthy professionals calling themselves freedom fighters travel the world and the internet insisting we should eat organic and local.

Meanwhile, the food security of many of the eight billion plus of us remains at the mercy of the weather, diseases, and insects. Neither side offers a viable solution, or much benefit for many beyond themselves.

David Bell: We Reap the Harvest of Lies

Public life has become disorienting. Most people, by and large, previously expected to hear the truth, or some semblance of it, in daily life. We would generally expect this from each other, but also from public media and authorities such as governments or international agencies set up ostensibly for our benefit. Society cannot function in a coherent and stable way without it, as so much in our lives requires us to place trust in others.