BIG Mouth

What a breath of fresh air the last week has been. For those who have suggested that the good fight is futile and that the corrupt will always rule the day, I hope you can see that there is hope – and good reason to keep fighting. We can hold people accountable. Royal family members can be arrested (Ex-Prince Andrew’s arrest spurs Epstein accountability calls from UK to U.S. ). Tech titans, entertainment moguls, and politicians can be humiliated , their legacies...

Xīnnián kuàilè! (pronounced shin-nyen kwai-luh) Since switching BIG Media's editorial focus from North America-centric to global, we have attracted a lot of readers in China. So, it makes sense that I pay more attention to Chinese customs, including new year celebrations. And as good fortune would have it, it appears that this should be a good year for me. In Chinese zodiac terms, today is the first day of the year of the Fire Horse. The last such year...

Most of us are having difficulty determining what online content is real and what is generated by artificial intelligence. Most of us are having difficulty determining what is fact and what is fiction. It is getting worse at an astonishing pace. And most of us are doing nothing to fight the slide toward a world dominated by tech overlords and devoid of individualism. Some say that it is too late; the genie is out of the bottle, and...

Many in my network have said that they are "too busy" to read the facts/logic-focused content at BIG Media, and that it is easier to pick up on current events from social media. The problem: the news that reaches you through social media is at the very least sensationalized, and routinely grossly inaccurate. So, for your convenience, I have taken a lot of today's biggest issues and boiled them down to one simple statement per issue...

Since no one else seems to be keeping track, I decided to publish results from a competition that BIG Media Ltd. is having with the roughly 1 million other news companies on the planet. Now, because it is difficult to monitor all million of them, it is possible that I missed a scoring play by one of those news groups. If you believe one of our rivals scored a point in any of these categories,...

The BIG Media team keeps getting bigger, and the content keeps getting better. No sensationalism. No expert testimony. No picking sides. Just a bunch of intelligent, high-integrity people (and me) doing great research on the most important issues, and presenting their findings with logical interpretation and full transparency. This is the way news journalism is supposed to be done. Be part of the change at BIG Media. A quick summary of the BIG faces (left to right, row by...

In 2026, if I am right, the following five trends will heavily influence the direction of the global oil and natural gas industry. Overall, the forecast is for weak prices, and rising production as demand continues to grow amid reduced political risk. 1.    AI data centre construction will accelerate In 2025, tech giants and others announced billions of dollars in artificial intelligence data centre investments to build multiple facilities in the coming years. Here is one...

Earlier today, someone very close to me (<40 centimetres) recommended that BIG Media Ltd. publish more feel-good content. She said that she heard someone on the radio talking about positive news and immediately visited his website. She said that more people would visit BIG Media if we balanced optimistic news with all the negative stuff. My inside voice said, "Stay calm, Rob ... respond with a measured intellectual response." My outside voice: "What the heck are you talking...

On this last day of the year, I am pleased to announce the winners of BIG Media's 2025 Awards of Journalistic Excellence. It was an absolute privilege to review the incredible work of these brilliant writers. Special thanks to our readers/subscribers for feedback throughout the year that helped us determine the winners. There are many other deserving candidates, but we limited each category to one winner. Without further ado, our 2025 Awards of Journalistic Excellence (categorically alphabetical): Africa's...

As is often the case, I offended a bunch of people with my writing yesterday (Open letter to gullible parents – 2026 could be your year!). Some, including one person I really admire, felt that my article – which suggested 2026 could be the year that gullible parents learn to think critically – was mean-spirited and that I was ridiculing and shaming people just for thinking differently from me. However, it is not people thinking differently...