A friend of mine – someone who’s opinion I value – recently asked online why anyone would post about politics? He wondered – would someone expect to change minds? Is it just to publish one’s views publicly? engage in debate? I think it is a good question, and it made me think about it, asContinue reading “Why do I post about politics?”
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A speech for the ages?
This is the transcript below of an incredibly powerful and deadly accurate speech in the French Senate two days ago by Mr. Claude Malhuret. This may some day take its rightful place alongside the best of Sir Winston Churchill and President John F Kennedy.Brace yourself: “President, Mr. Prime Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen Ministers, My dearContinue reading “A speech for the ages?”
What is a conservative, anyway?
Allow me to oversimplify the world for a minute…let’s divide the world into conservatives and progressives. Progressives tend to downplay the importance of traditions and existing (old school?) institutions, calling for change, claiming they know how to remake social structures for the better. Conservatives tend to be more cautious. They say that things are moreContinue reading “What is a conservative, anyway?”
We have a mafia boss in charge
Here’s what it looks like to me….Trump is acting like a mafia boss trying to carve up the world with Putin the way heads of crime families operate. We can have Greenland, Canada, and Panama and Russia gets Ukraine and who knows what else. Russia can have the oil in the Arctic but in returnContinue reading “We have a mafia boss in charge”
The Populist Assault
This is the title of one subsection of a chapter in Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book, Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI. The book was published last year, before the latest presidential election in the USA. However, this section about populism scares me….some excerpts from the book below:Continue reading “The Populist Assault”
I can’t stand the news any more
I start my day looking at the news, both online and by reading the NYTimes, when I am home to get the physical paper (i still enjoy that), These days it just gets me upset. For a while it was just the first section, with all the incredible things coming from the White House. NowContinue reading “I can’t stand the news any more”
What If We Get It Right?
I just finished this wonderful book by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. It caught my eye late last year given the vital importance of the impact of climate change, and all the hand-wringing over it. I bought a copy for my son, for Christmas. Last month, the President of Island Institute (Island Institute) sent me a copy,Continue reading “What If We Get It Right?”
I can’t work with her!
…and she can’t work with me. And we have learned that this is okay. Let me explain… Shortly after we were married we bought a house. Like many a young couple we thought getting a ‘fixer-upper’ would be a good investment and good fun for us. It was a good investment. It was not fun.Continue reading “I can’t work with her!”
You think this is funny?
I had dinner with an old friend recently. Inevitably the subject of Trump came up, and I shook my head at the most recent noises out of the asshole’s mouth, about taking over a couple of independent countries – Panama and Greenland. My friend said he thought it was all just funny, not even aContinue reading “You think this is funny?”
4 dogs
The above photo is of my wife (thankfully she never reads my blog so won’t yell at me for posting her photo) and two of our four dogs. During Thanksgiving we adopted a new pup, Gracie. She’s the black and white one – maybe some corgi, maybe some jack russell, who knows, who cares. SheContinue reading “4 dogs”
