Khashoggi’s last Washington Post column – his honesty cost him his life
I have re-published this op-ed from today’s Washington Post unedited and in full. Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen...
Category: people
Make it so….
Two days ago I finished reading “The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard” written by David Goodman and published in late...
Parade season in Chiang Mai
The cooler February weather heralds parade season in Chiang Mai and the surrounding area. The flower festival is the...
To boldly go….
As a kid I kept scrapbooks of all the early Mercury, Gemini, Apollo space flights. I could name all...
Blue Rodeo – on the road
Made a few years ago this short film pays tribute to beloved Canadian country rock band Blue Rodeo. They’ve...
A decent way to die
Death is inevitable. A bad death is not. This is an important article in the Economist. It is a...
United – the not so friendly skies
Following the events on United Flight 3411 at Chicago O’Hare the US based journalist Steven Thrasher left a series...
‘Good Night, Malaysian Three Seven Zero’:
Here is my March 2014 web page – with extensive coverage of Malaysian 370. The following report is from...
People watching at Dubai Creek
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The Economist reflects on the Obama presidency
Barack Obama’s presidency lurched between idealism and acrimony but some of his accomplishments will endure, writes The Economist in...