About
Bearing Witness in the Heartland is a journal-style news blog dedicated to recording the more important news events and changes occurring within our country and to our planet – some hopeful but many fretful – as seen from a rural community outside of Saint Louis, Missouri.
Chronicles
Here under the Bearing Witness Heartland Chronicles we watch and record history as it is happening in front of us, as well as how the future of our country and planet is being manifested, intentionally or not, by our actions and inactions. As has…
Observatory
The Bearing Witness Heartland Observatory blog pages share my modest attempt of trying to make sense of all that is being witnessed, as well as to seek out and explore those topics and trends which are hidden or yet to fully emerge. I am…
Bearing Witness to the Pandemic April 2022
Over 500 million official coronavirus cases have now been recorded across the world in two years since the pandemic began. Public health experts claim the actual number of fatalities, out of a total global population of nearly 8 billion, is likely much higher. As…
Bearing Witness to Climate Change April 2022
In excellent news, for the first time ever wind and solar energy was reported to have generated more than 10% of total global electricity in 2021. Over 50 countries now get more than 10% of their electricity from solar and wind sources, which grew…
Bearing Witness to the Pandemic March 2022
The month begins with the official global death count from COVID surpassing 6 million. Public health experts say the actual number is likely much higher, perhaps closer to 18 million, due to poor or misleading record keeping. Rates of infection in parts of Asia…
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