A family “wealth boom” is the highest on record. The Democrats/Republican tribes are divided on almost everything, including a simple matter of whether their lives are better these days or worse. …

Israelis killed 700 people overnight in “the first AI-facilitated genocide in history” “My love, I will throw you a birthday party. I swear, I will make you the birthday cake you wanted. My girl, my girl, I can’t handle it. My sweet girl, my love. My heart, my heart.” This…

How personal agendas could expand the conflict into a regional war This dangerous geopolitical moment was called to my attention by a co-author on Medium and Substack, John Hardman. I am grateful for his insights. As he said: “Fasten your seatbelt, we’re in for a bumpy ride…” Improbably as this…

An historic publication succumbs to an unearned ‘Return On Investment’ decision Popular Science magazine — affectionately known as PopSci — has just shut its doors. It evidently did not make a sufficient return on investment (RIO) for people whose mission is money. It had been viewed as a cash-cow, instead…

Israeli resumption of bombing contrasts the bankruptcy of Netanyahu with Rabin’s plan for an end to violence. The moment the peace accord was signed in 1993, screams of happiness were heard in Israel and Palestinian children ran toward Israeli soldiers, hugged them and they celebrated together. Yitzak Rabin later sipped…

Why don’t the Republicans and Russians just merge? In the halls of the ungodly Russians there has emerged legislation that would thrill a conservative Christian anti-abortionist. The reasoning is different from the US: Putin needs soldiers for his armies, and his women are not stepping up to deliver them (as…

The “road to nowhere” is now heading for a cliff. China’s famed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is teetering on disaster, and could lead to a global domino effect where one country after another gets knocked down by economic failure. Friend and colleague Chris Snow drew my attention to a…

‘Law enforcement’ is a distraction invented in the Republican south If this is a typical day in America, 65 people will be murdered. This is undoubtedly a high number. …

It could be extended by two weeks immediately. I admit that this article is time-sensitive and could make me look like an idiot in less than a day — a practice not recommended on Medium — but recently I made the apparently hopeless suggestion that the current Cease-Fire in Gaza…