GHOSTS
Ghosts! Every country has its ghost stories, its mythical monsters, and its ghoulish urban legends. But the United Kingdom – the home of the Gothic …
ELECTION PREDICTION
Election prediction is obviously not my forte. My gut had told me it might be a landslide, and I was right. The only problem was …
BEGINNING IN 1943
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army personnel in the European theater of World War II. Titled Army Talks, …
DIRT DOESN’T BURN
Dirt doesn’t burn seems like an obvious comment but one that has been mostly abandoned by the U.S. construction industry. However, building homes with dirt …
TRUMP AND PUERTO RICO – AN OPPORTUNITY
Trump and Puerto Rico – an opportunity. Having devoted a significant portion of my life to Puerto Rico, living and working there for over forty …
LOST FOR CENTURIES
Lost for centuries, two Silk Road cities have recently been revealed by drone technology. For centuries, these abandoned cities lay hidden in the mountains of Central …
THE SOUND OF SILENCE
The sound of silence would be a welcome change for the world’s marine life as they battle the intrusion of maritime shipping. Noise pollution, as …
PUTIN IS GOING FERAL
That Putin is going feral is the conclusion of an extensive article in the Economist recently. Specifically, the article reports on his apparent “everything, everywhere, …
RETURN TO THE FOREST
Return to the forest sounds like a call for indigenous species of animals to return to their traditional habitat. That is true of this story …
CUT OFF FOR TWELVE HOURS A DAY
Cut off for twelve hours a day from the rest of the world, describes a unique hotel in Switzerland. While the country is full of …