From Realpolitik to “Digitalpolitik”
In a very enlightening report by Foreign Policy magazine “the war torn the web”* describes how the war for the web will...
I still can’t get no satisfaction
I can't get no satisfactionI can't get me no satisfactionAnd I try and I try and I try t-t-t-t-try tryI can't get...
What is the point of your human life?
For some time now, I’ve been trying to assess the point of one’s human life. What makes you (or me) important or...
Rethinking reparations
Aaron Campbell was young, black, unarmed, and suffered from mental illness, exacerbated by his brother’s death that day from kidney failure. He was...
Philosophy group discussion
Today in San Miguel de Allende we had our usual Philosophy Group meeting. This time we listened to the words of Allan...
WW2: The infamous Herman Goering had this quote from the Nuremberg Trials after
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood....
Nonviolence and trust
This week I joined others from my town in a State Department initiative called City Pair; in this case, "pairing" Portland, Oregon...
A report on economic impacts of climate change by norvergence
Scientists have been doing comprehensive research over the past decade about the impact of climate change on economies of different countries. Till...
Brooklyn, Spring/Summer ’69- On Neighborhoods and War
You live in the burbs, or what they call so many small cities nowadays. Strip malls, shopping centers and it seems a...
The Various Shades of Black… and Green
The hit film of 2018 was Peter Farrelly's Green Book. The film takes place in 1962, and was based on a true story...