Wide-eyed wonder – 50 years on
This is the news tribute to Apollo 8 from CBS. The spaceflight responsible for arguably the most iconic picture...
Category: USA
The Saudi admission of Khashoggi’s murder insults our intelligence
Overnight the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs put out this statement in English arguing, preposterously, that Jamal Khashoggi was...
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...
Trump – down but not out
On Tuesday in two courts in two cases brought by two different prosecutors President Trump’s former longtime lawyer, Michael...
“A joyride gone horribly wrong”
On Friday night around 8pm a Horizon Air worker took a Bombardier Dash 8 -Q400 turboprop and flew...
Make it so….
Two days ago I finished reading “The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard” written by David Goodman and published in late...
The hub where monsters go for makeovers
This is well worth a read – for its commentary on the Trump/Kim conference from a Singaporean viewpoint. Not...
Lots of hot air – no substance
The Kim – Trump summit in Singapore. The media have spent a fortune covering this. Yes the handshake was...
Un Trump summit alert
Yes it is happening. Yes the world’s media has taken the bait. Nothing substantive will come of it –...
US/Gulf airlines pact is more armistice than peace treaty
The United States and the United Arab Emirates have signed a deal on May 11th which is the resolution...