Monday, February 3rd, 2014
Although I am morally opposed to a bill currently awaiting a vote in the Senate, I’m in the odd position in that I will personally benefit if is passed. In fact, I will be given about $11,000. But instead of protesting, I secretly hope it is passed. I’ve been corrupted by the government’s ability to
Monday, December 23rd, 2013
Like many children, my parents told me that Santa Claus would bring me presents if I were a good little boy. According to the cartoons on TV, Santa Claus lived at the North Pole where he and...
Friday, December 20th, 2013
Up until a few days ago, I had no idea there was a Duck Dynasty on TV, or anywhere else. Then some guy with a scraggly beard started showing up in the news in the fiasco of...
Saturday, November 30th, 2013
There were 1455 weather records set last week in the U.S.A. the vast majority of them on the cold side. They include: 205 record snowfalls 203 low temperatures 969 low maximum temperatures These includes snow in Dallas,...
Friday, November 29th, 2013
There was a bit of a hullabaloo over the deal made last week to lift sanctions on Iran, in exchange for reductions in their nuclear program. Many praise the diplomacy as progress towards a more peaceful and...
Sunday, November 24th, 2013
It is almost six o’clock when the two Japanese girls come into the Phuket Yacht Club’s Quarterdeck Restaurant. Thamanoon is standing by a potted palm, his hands elegantly folded around a menu, staring out at the boats...
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
Typhoon Yolanda, may very well have been the strongest typhoon to make landfall in the Philippines, at least measured in wind speed. The devastation, and cost to human life are truly tragic, and the people of the...
Friday, October 25th, 2013
When the Reverend Jim Jones told his followers they were all going to drink Kool-Aid and go to a happier place, they all lined up and drank it. The Reverend Jones was their God. Like many leaders...
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
Saul retired to Phuket, Thailand from New York City at the age of 40. He already had under his belt a master’s degree in Business Administration from New York University, three years of therapy with a strict...
Thursday, September 19th, 2013
In my work, I sometimes rub elbows with the rich and powerful. Not long ago, I was doing some work for a multinational corporation based in Mexico and discovered something that perplexed me. The founder of this...
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Khun Anuphan, a 76-year-old Muslim fisherman from Rawai, sold a piece of ancestral land to developers for ten million dollars. He and his son, who brokered the deal, took the papers to his wife, Noina, for her...
Monday, September 9th, 2013
Did you ever stop to wonder why is there a “Middle East” in the first place? Just about as long as any of us can remember there have been problems there. But why are the lines drawn...
Friday, August 30th, 2013
She was in her late twenties, with flowing brown hair and clear pale skin. I met her on my morning commute. The 880 from Oakland to San Jose is one of the worst commutes in the Bay...
Saturday, August 24th, 2013
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is considered by many to be the greatest American President of the 20th century. His four terms as chief executive changed the course of government as we know it, and the direction of world...
Friday, August 23rd, 2013
“As a first step, I would see to it that things are called by their right names.” That was what Confucius said would be his first act if he were to govern a just society. He further...
