Stop the world…..
I have not been writing much on my website – except some harmless football commentary. And although this is...
Category: USA
The Economist on a world divided
No doubt the Chinese and their powerful social media allies would argue with this analysis from the Economist....
2021 – good riddance
At the end of 2020 I wrote: “Maybe one of the lessons of 2020 is how to make the...
38 million people abandoned and afraid
The US led the way. The UK and NATO allies had little option but to follow. After twenty years...
Where Did the Coronavirus Come From? More questions than answers
“Where Did the Coronavirus Come From? What We Already Know Is Troubling.” By Zeynep Tufekci and published in the...
A shameful retreat and a people left unprotected
America’s war in Afghanistan is ending in crushing defeat. The consequences of the conflict for Afghans, already catastrophic, are...
The Economist on the rise of a more brazen China
The analysis is spot on – the problem is what if anything the US, EU, and anyone else who...
Unhappy lies the head that wears the crown
I did not watch the Oprah WInfrey interview with the Sussexes two nights ago. But it is impossible to...
Convict Trump
I have not written much about the events of last week. What more is there to say. There has...
Tech companies and the resurgence of anti-intellectualism
Some very interesting thoughts from an online chat with a US West Coast based engineer last night: (There are)...