I prefer reading books, but this year I dipped my toe into the world of audiobooks and have one of my own . Here are 3 very different audiobooks that I greatly enjoyed. Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby There are a number of books about Michael Jordan, but this is the best […]
When the internet started to become mainstream around 1998 and chat rooms took off, an interesting thing happened to the Mormon church. Their members started taking their whispered conversations public. As more and more Mormons discovered the anonymity of the internet, they began to find fellow disillusioned kindred spirits who shared about the damage they […]
1) Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West by Hampton Sides. I was in a bookstore in lovely downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico and the store owner saw me looking at this book. He said, “That will be one of the best books you’ll ever read.” […]
While the world is living through the most tense nuclear face-off since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, the United States is mostly watching the Kardashians. Yes, it’s true, some countries close to Ukraine are stocking up on iodine pills to combat the possible impact of nuclear radiation; but the post-Truth (nothing is really happening) American worldview […]
Last year, I read the Sci-fi novel “The Ministry for the Future,” by Kim Stanley Robinson. The novel is about a special organization set up to deal with the political and economical challenges of a global climate crisis in the future. It opens with a terrifying scene in India where the high temperatures and extreme […]
A friend of mine asked me to respond to some statements reportedly made by Tony Blair in a speech he gave entitled, “After Ukraine, What Lessons Now for Western Leadership?” The two main points being: “We are coming to the end of Western political and economic dominance” and “the biggest geo-political challenge will come from China, […]
Is America headed toward a violent civil war in the next couple of years? Over 40% of Republicans believe that the country will be split apart violently. They are not alone. Democrats and Independents also believe the country is close to the breaking point. About 80% of Americans feel like the country is on the […]
Two months into the Russia-Ukraine War and the only person on the planet who seems to want to keep it going is Vladimir Putin. Reports of Russian troops firing on Russian troops, Russian media questioning the sinking of the Moscva warship, and high-level military commanders getting killed or disappearing mean that there are not too […]
SOME OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS FOR UKRANIANS: SEX-TRAFFICKERS: Refugees are perfect targets for being tricked by sex-traffickers. It happens all the time. Women looking for security, food, or shelter for their children are particularly easy targets as they are desperate to help their children survive. Already, there are many people on the borders of Ukraine […]
A few weeks ago, China was celebrating their moment in the Olympic spotlight–yet another coming out party designed to show us that China is a superpower and a major player on the world stage. They used that time to re-affirm their special relationship with Putin’s Russia as both countries (and Saudi Arabia) work together […]