The Empire's Greatest Trick and 'Let Them Eat Cake' | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 23, 2018 In director Bryan Singer's fantastic 1995 film The Usual Suspects, the bad guy in the film was being interviewed by investigators. They had no id ...

Dead End Amerika | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 21, 2018 Documentary filmmaker Marc Levin has a "must see" film entitled Class Divide about the gentrification of the West Chelsea area ...

Happiness is a Warm Amerikan Gun | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 16, 2018 John Lennon was a prolific songwriter, along with his compatriots The Beatles. His wonderful metaphor, from their great "Happi ...

Dancing with the Beast | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 8, 2018 In Oliver Stone's brilliant film Nixon there is one scene that underlines the whole prism of this Military Industrial Empire. I ...

The Two 500 lb. Gorillas in the Room | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 3, 2018 I don't know about you out there, but whenever I drive around my city and surrounding area of perhaps 250,000 people, I notice ...

The Edge of Heaven | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust July 28, 2018 Walking along the shoreline, with the sun shining, the blue sky smiling and the crashing waves creating a myriad of pollution- ...

The Full Of Shit Mainstream Media | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust July 15, 2018 Ok, here's the deal: The entire mainstream media, print and electronic, is totally a sellout! The so-called Journalists of the ...

The Callousness of the Corporate Military Empire | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust July 9, 2018 Sharon Lerner recently did a great piece for The Intercept website on a DuPont Corporation armaments factory in southern New Je ...

The Sports of Kings | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust July 5, 2018 Being a horseracing aficionado, this writer knows that the title of this column -- The Sports of Kings -- has always pertained ...

Spectators and Pragmatists... At Their Own Execution | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust June 28, 2018 The Military Industrial Empire has succeeded ever since WWII. Our education system has been incrementally "dumbed down" over t ...

On Father's Day: Poor Alphonse | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust June 17, 2018 He was my dad, and he most likely never had a chance for a better life. He was born in 1915 to a Sicilian father and Neapolita ...