The revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, and the prospect of upheavals in Yemen, Jordan, and Lebanon have completely changed the picture of the Middle East and the future of the War on Terror. Briefly stated, this was supposed to belong … Continue reading
Category Archives: World Events
This morning’s massive earthquake in Chile caught my attention because of its magnitude: 8.8. I remember experiencing the Loma Prieta quake here in the Bay Area in October of 1989. That one was pegged at something like 6.8, so the … Continue reading
Much is being made of the anniversary of Armstrong and Aldrin’s walk on the moon that took place forty years ago today. Into this glut of remembrance and reminiscence I will add a few more words that I’m sure have … Continue reading
I’ve been giving some thought lately to the idea that some corporations are “too big to fail.” It feels terribly wrong at the gut level, perhaps because America was originally envisioned as a place where people could fail and not … Continue reading
Every age has its cadre of doom-sayers, partly because every age has its own brand of crisis that might look like the End of Days has come. The current recession (or proto-Depression, if you will), is prompting a lot of … Continue reading
When I heard the news that Israel was once again sending its military might against the people of Gaza, I suddenly remembered something I had heard on the radio a little over a year ago. I was working on some … Continue reading
Every once in awhile when you get a bunch of intellectual types “talking shop”, the subject turns to the matter of intellectual objectivity. The journalist and broadcast majors will go on and on about the problems of maintaining objectivity and … Continue reading