Manufacturing Consent in the 21st Century

www.counterpunch.org— Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman wrote Manufacturing Consent in the late 1980s to describe the structural forces which cause an otherwise free media—one lacking government censorship, fear of prison for journalists (aside from those sharing designated government secrets), and staffed with people who genuinely see themselves as holding power accountable—can nonetheless produce systematic propaganda, with a highly More

www.brainerddispatch.com—Senior Moments: Baby boomers — the hybrids of the 21st century. Our generation has endured and witnessed more changes than any other in modern history.

Breaking Defense—Reauthorize the Defense Production Act, but make changes for the 21st century. In this op-ed, Jeffrey Nadaner lays out ways to modernize the Defense Production Act to better serve the defense industrial base.

The Guardian—‘We’re in a new era’: the 21st-century space race takes off. As humans enter what has been termed the ‘third space age’, it’s private companies – not governments – leading the chargeIf the 20th-century space race was about political power, this century’s will be about money. But for those who dream of sending humans back to the moon and possibly Mars, it’s an exciting time to be alive whether it’s presidents or billionaires paying the fare.Space flight is having a renaissance moment, bringing a fresh energy not seen since the days of the Apollo programme...