FROM MY CORNER Us Failed Geniuses We humans are an unruly bunch, hard to manage, difficult to manipulate, stubborn as mules. With eight Billion of us, it’s not surprising that we keep bumping into each other and blocking each other’s goals all the time. At some time in life I caught on that I had… continue reading »
FROM MY CORNER Smarts and Intelligence A massively intriguing and well-documented current book should be read by anyone seriously interested in understanding America’s frustrating position against terrorism. It is titled: “The Secret State, A History of Intelligence and Espionage.” I am not enamored of the book because I was once a U.S. Army Intelligence Captain…. continue reading »
FROM MY CORNER The Dubious Writing Occupation This thinking and writing about the world and its inhabitants’ all-too-often ridiculous doings is not a highly rewarding job – financially or emotionally. The main satisfaction, if there is any of consequence, is when you occasionally say something accurately enough that time proves you were mostly right. Being… continue reading »
FROM MY CORNER Puerto Rican American citizens remain in almost total devastation, while alleged self-described “Christian role model” Donald Trump wiles away his many leisure hours on his golf courses. As Trump hands his supporting corporate donors millions of dollars of tax reductions and strives to add $35 billion to the U.S. defense budget, Puerto… continue reading »
FROM MY CORNER Christmas Just Passed While we reveled in the season, I also counted the ways I am disturbed by the present world. It doesn’t comfort me that a nation largely claiming Christianity as its philosophical belief, methodically concentrates 90% of its energy on acquiring personal wealth. That disturbs me. It doesn’t comfort me… continue reading »
