Collective? Or Collectivized? I have heard Dr Stephen Kotkin say on more than one occasion that Josef Stalin had the luxury of mobilizing his collectivized farmers as and when he […]

Attention to detail. Obsession with detail. I have been blessed with being able to access the works, analyses and so forth of Dr Steven E Koonin, author of  “Unsettled. What climate science […]

Do you like alphabet soup? News of the “miraculous” evacuation of all passengers and crew of the Japan Airlines aircraft which caught fire on the runway at Haneda Airport in […]

The Marvelousness of "The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs." I am about halfway through “The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs” by Joel Salatin. I bought the ebook because it costs less and I don’t have space for […]

Compliant? Obedient? To What? To Whom? Portions of two commentaries on Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” come to my mind frequently. When Wu Ch’i fought against Ch’in, there was an officer […]

Sample Reading Aloud of GPF article "Family Matters in Russia" by Ekaterina Zolotova. I like articles from Geopolitical Futures because they are level-headed and based on facts. The analysis is good but of course not perfect. There […]

Sample Reading Aloud of "The Marvellous Pigness of Pigs" by Joel Salatin. As part of the Read Aloud Program, this video is embedded below. If you would like to come on board the Read Aloud Program, do contact me for […]

Quick takeaways from "Moneyball Military." I’m sharing a quick thought or two on what I have taken away from watching this discussion, which occurred on 26 Sep 2023 and featured Christian […]

Focus on ME? Miserable Existence! The hashtag #MEFIRST is an eyesore because it means that people love having such messages popping up in front of them every too often. The media […]

Emergency Room. Excessive Reading. I consider myself blessed to have had much opportunity to read as much as I liked. I would often sit at the crook of the staircase at home, taking […]

Want small government? Grow LARGE People! We see lots of news articles, debates and conversations about having small government. We also see more and more cries for more government […]

Operation Whorehouse I read a curious book several years ago as a young child. It was called “Devil’s Guard” and was supposed to be a sort of verbal history of a […]

Strategic Investments? I’ve never made or managed any “Investments” worthy of the term, as people in the investment world would view them. I’ve dabbled in trying to sell […]

My Takeaways from the Conversation on "When Therapy Governs Society". I share here my takeaways from this YouTube conversation between the Hon John Anderson and Dr James Orr. I had already embedded the conversation in […]

Avariciously Ingenuous What emerged out of the Singapore Conference On AI, or SCAI, aparently held from 4 to 6 Dec 2023, were 12 concerns that AI poses for mankind. I’m […]

Integrating Immigrants. Recurring Refugees. Dr Condoleezza Rice, the current Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution, says quite frequently that “It doesn’t matter where you […]

Singing? Would you like an orchestra? I was chatting with someone working for a global company and here for work, meetings and so forth. She was in charge of marketing, surprise, […]

Well Connected? How United? Henry Kissinger has died at age 100. Many will remember him as the most well-connected person on the face of the earth. George Friedman of […]

Conserving Conversing. Stopped at a traffic light, I observed a couple with their pet dog waiting to cross. The dog had caught my eye because it looked like a cross […]

Patton's Patterns I refer of course to the Second World War American General George S Patton. I’m grateful to the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the […]