Interview Archives - Furney Times

August 14, 2021 Interview

Are Mandatory Covid Vaccinations a Violation of Human Rights?

By William J. Furney In France, police are patrolling streetside cafes and asking patrons sipping coffee and wine if they’re vaccinated against covid, and if so, to please show digital

June 19, 2021 Health & Fitness / Interview

‘Transcendental Meditation Is for Everyone, Not Just Celebrities’

Dr Gemma Beckley is a director and teacher with The Meditation Trust, a British charity working to make Transcendental Meditation (TM) — which originated in India and gained fame in

May 2, 2021 Interview

Stella Anna Sonnenbaum: Society Is Shifting Away from Heteronormativity

By William J. Furney The past year has been tumultuous in every aspect of our lives — including between the sheets. Faced with long and dreary lockdown hours together when

March 21, 2021 Commentary / Interview / Life

The Attention Epidemic

By William J. Furney The people at my gym can’t go without mental stimulation and rewards for a second, and their sweaty workouts — there’s no aircon, only a window

March 8, 2021 Interview

Steve Lamoreaux: Colonize the Moon Before Romantic Notion of Mars

By William J. Furney It’s not just a big world out there, but an enormous, gargantuan universe that’s so impossibly large — and growing — that it’s barely possible for

May 2, 2020 Interview

‘Lockdown Is Working, But There’s a Huge Cost’: Immunology Expert

By William J. Furney The latest in a family of coronaviruses to afflict humankind has plunged the world into deep crisis and lingering uncertainty of a kind not seen in

April 11, 2020 Commentary / Interview

Time to Calm Down

By William J. Furney Suddenly, “super-busy” people (or people who like to tell us they are) everywhere have little or nothing to do, and they can’t cope, with the lack

February 6, 2020 Interview

‘FGM Is About Control of Female Sexuality, But Some Girls Seek It’

By William J. Furney It’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, yet the barbaric and sometimes fatal ritual is still being performed on around 3 million girls

November 16, 2019 Interview

‘Constant Aggression, Repression by Spain Is Helping Catalonian Independence’

By William J. Furney Mike Eastabrook is a UK-based vice president of the advocacy group Foreign Friends of Catalonia, which seeks to counter what he calls “the crude repression of