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, …
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 …
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 …
SANDWICH LUNCH
I thought this article on the sandwich lunch, in the Economist magazine, was fun, true, and light-hearted enough to bring a smile to most faces …
DEPENDS WHAT YOU HIT
Depends what you hit, or what hits you. This statement of survivability is as true today as it was many years ago when traffic safety …
WASTED WATER
Wasted Water is a problem that is gaining more and more traction as the pre-eminent issue of our times, even if it’s one that most …
REMOVING DAMS
Removing dams. I have written several blogs about the plague of dam-building throughout the world over many years, the inefficiency of their long-term contribution to …
STONE SKIMMING
The World Stone Skimming Championships have been held, in Scotland, nearly every September since 1997. Aren’t you glad you know this? The Hebridean island of …
WOMEN OF THE NILE
In the 1800s, a trio of women, I have called them “Women of the Nile”, forever changed the study and understanding of ancient Egypt. So …
THE BLOOMSBURY GROUP
In 1905, the future Bloomsbury Group, a group of artists, writers and intellectuals, began to meet weekly at 46 Gordon Square in Bloomsbury, London. This …