“Is Adin going to be drafted?” asked my 14 year-old son Kyrian on hearing the news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Adin is 18 and has registered, by sexist mandate [1], for selected service and, clearly, my younger son is concerned. He is not an overtly emotional young man, so for him to express anyContinue reading “The Moth Invades”
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Strategic Relocation
UPDATE (March 2020) the Covid 19 Pandemic caught us all flat-footed, exposing how little individual and institutional preparedness actually existed. UPDATE (January 2021) FEMA creates a National Risk Index, finally quantifying the obvious: nearly every county carries some form of existential exposure. How Plagues Have Changed History[1] _________________________ Many years ago after reviewing Buckminster Fuller‘sContinue reading “Strategic Relocation”
Thank you Mr. Petrov
Thanksgiving 2017 – I was able to catch up on some neglected issues of The Economist and found a reason to be deeply grateful: an affirmation that people are fundamentally good. Despite the callous and sensationalist reporting that is ever fashionable, focusing on the salacious and vile behavior some members of species exhibit, the majorityContinue reading “Thank you Mr. Petrov”