Recent books in recent years seem to converge on the idea that the world is entering or has already begun a new era. To wit: Fareed Zakaria's Age of Revolutions, George Friedman's The Storm Before the Calm, Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers, Peter Zeihan's, The End of the World is Just the Beginning, Bruno Maçães', History Has Begun....
In a couple of podcast interviews (here and here), I talk about Friendship Games and answer questions. These kinds of interviews are live and on-the-spot with no preparation or questions in advance. They are fun, but I don't always answer to my own satisfaction.
If you follow my social media posts or read my blog, even if on occasion, then you know that I am a sucker for aliens: UFOs, UAPs, and the Big Question of "Are We Alone?"
My first novel, Alter Road, was just over 88,000 words. My second and most recent novel, Friendship Games, is about 78,000 words. Last night I reached the 20,000 word mark of my third and follow-up novel, Daddy Broke the World (as it is currently titled). With those two as guides, then I am 1/4th of the way there....
In just three months, the Russo-Ukrainian War will enter its fourth year. Apart from an incursion into Russia by Ukrainian troops earlier this month – and they are still there – there has been little progress by either Russia or Ukraine for more than a year. Russia still slowly chips away, but we are talking about taking land measured in...
JD Vance's upbringing by a "hillbilly" mom and grandparents from Kentucky was an interesting read. His ethnic background as a Scots Irish and the history and geography of the Scots Irish that Vance lays out is historically accurate and I was pleasantly surprised that he was aware of it. But what Vance attributes to the status of poor while...
In June 2024, after European Parliament election results showed French President Emmanuel Macron's party with 15% of the vote and far-right leader Marine Le Pen's with 32%, Macron called for snap elections in a surprise move in an effort to thwart the far right's ascendancy in France.
I remember in 2016 that Hillary Clinton was expected to win in more or less a landslide against Donald Trump, at least by most of the national media. I wasn't entirely convinced; the energy and excitement on the ground seemed to be with Donald Trump. I saw far more yard signs, bumper stickers, and flags for Trump than for Hillary....
Full disclosure: I loved the Red Dawn films, both the original 1983 film starring Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, and C. Thomas Howell, and the 2012 reboot with Chris Hemsworth, despite their glaring weaknesses. (North Korea invades Spokane, Washington, in the reboot? I know that United Artists didn't want to alienate the Chinese market but, come...
Note: This is a blog post that I started on October 8, 2023, and have only recently been able to re-visit it.