This is a busy time of year for people all round the world. Not everyone, mind you – there are many people in many lands for whom this time is nothing special. But Chanukah is recently over, Ramadan and Eid are not long passed, Kwanzaa arrives this coming Saturday, and in Iran, Yalda was celebrated two days ago to mark the longest night of the year and to honour the birth of Mithra. For much of the world, but again not all of it, we are just a few days away from the beginning of a new year.

Regardless of who we are, where we are, what our background or beliefs, we all share one common goal – the desire to live a happy life. For the greatest part of us, that happiness is elusive. Those who are progressive want that to change, which is the only reason for the existence of this website.

Axis of Logic strives to bring clarity, as the slogan under our logo states. We try to cover news that is not being covered at all by corporate media, and we try to publish from a slant that is not beholden to government or corporate interests. Axis carries a lot of editorial comment written by people who don’t see the world through rosy glasses, and who don’t believe the goal of reporting is to hide the truth. We try to say who’s to praise and who’s to blame, we try to stimulate debate, even when it’s unpopular or unpalatable, because we hope to engage our audience. It isn’t that we are always trying to convince anyone on any given subject; but we do want to encourage people to think and talk about ideas and issues. We know we don’t hold a monopoly on the truth, or on the best answer to every question – but we do believe that no one else does either. Intelligent debate and discussion is the only way we can arrive at those best answers, those best policies, those best laws – and maybe that will help lead us to a world where many more people can lead happy lives.

The editors of Axis of Logic are taking this opportunity to do two things:

First, we wish all of you good spaces in all your faraway places. May you have joy and freedom from want, may you find peace. May you share with a neighbour or a stranger, for no reason other than because it seems like the right thing to do.

Second, we wish to thank you. If you have contributed financially, if you have shared one of our articles or news pieces with someone else, if your writing has graced our pages, if you have taken the trouble to leave a Readers’ Comment on the site, or if you have just read what we published and gave it some thought, we thank you. Our reading audience is measured in the millions, and each of you has played a part in reminding us why we do this.

Les Blough

Paul Richard Harris

Lisa McBride