The Globe Post

3 weeks ago | theglobepost.com | Stephen Lyons

“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.”— Milan Kundera“In the 35 years since the crackdown, all discussion of the incident has been heavily censored in China, as authorities have effectively attempted to erase it from history. Public commemoration or mere mention, online or off, of the Tiananmen crackdown is banned.”— Amnesty International regarding China’s obliteration of the Tiananmen Square protests from its history.

Jan 24, 2025 | theglobepost.com | Stephen Lyons

PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY, GUATEMALA — The child descendants of the great Mayan Empire line the edges of the world’s longest highway, hoping drivers will stop and gift them the Christmas presents their families cannot afford.

Dec 1, 2024 | theglobepost.com | Stephen Lyons

Dear Trump supporters: Congrats, your dreams came true. He’s back, almost like he never left. Will this finally make you happy? Will your constant whining and raging rants about inflation (2 percent) and jobs (unemployment rate of 4.1 percent) end? Will grocery prices now plummet to a level where you can now afford milk, $20 lottery tickets, and a carton of cigs?

Oct 13, 2024 | theglobepost.com | Stephen Lyons

Mob behavior cultivates the worst impulses of human behavior. Individuals commit the most horrific acts of brutality, acts that they would never do on their own. There is both strength and cowardice in numbers. Despite the gas-lighting attempts of the twice impeached, multiple convicted former president and his cadre of angry sycophants, the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol is a violent reminder of how quickly seemingly normal people can devolve into a bloodthirsty lynch mob.

Sep 22, 2024 | theglobepost.com | Stephen Lyons

In this post-truth era in which we find ourselves, it is somehow refreshing to hear Ohio Senator and Yale-educated, faux hillbilly J.D. Vance say the quiet part out loud. In an off-the-rails interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Vance said, regarding the false rumors of pet-gobbling Haitian migrants, that, “The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes.