Taiwan has been in the news often of late, specifically the issue of whether or not the Chinese Communist Party is intending to invade the country. As background, the island nation of Taiwan, roughly 100 miles from the coast of mainland China, was formed after the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949. The Nationalist Chinese […]
I’ve been wanting to write a few words regarding the Rittenhouse trial. As someone who has served the role of defense counsel in numerous criminal jury trials, for the most part I find the way our media covers such “stories” less than enlightening. The media in general seems either uninterested in explaining the legal issues […]
I made a comment to a friend of mine that to me it was a forgone conclusion that the Chinese economy will collapse. The question for me is how long will the process take and how bad will the aftermath be. He asked for some links so I just put together this short piece to […]
When the Defund the Police slogan and movement started many swiftly condemned the idea as leading to chaos. The Movement responded that the goal really was for local governments to reallocate resources from traditional policing to community services, notably mental health and drug and alcohol treatment. From my experience and perspective, the Defund the Police […]
Enes Kanter is an NBA basketball player, most recently for the Boston Celtics. He was drafted Number 3 in the 2011 NBA Draft. Although not an All Star, he has had a very productive career. In April of this year, he set a Portland Trail Blazers record with 30 rebounds in a single game. His […]
I was able to go to law school in my late 30’s after making money investing in stocks. When I was in law school I took a number of business classes and earned a concentration in business organizations. I didn’t do much with that information after I graduated, but I did get some insight into […]
I’ve heard the comment a number of times over recent years that the world is becoming more contentious and divided, more divisive. I tend to think this attitude is attributable to people either not knowing, or understanding, history. Or perhaps it is that as we grow older we recognize sources of contention and divisions that […]
Our media at times throws around terms without much explanation, or even understanding, of what the terms mean. One of those terms is “domestic violence.” The headlines read “so and so arrested for domestic violence” or “so and so charged with domestic violence,” usually an athlete, without any understanding or explanation what domestic violence actually […]
The economy of China is an important issue for the World as the growth of China’s economy since the late 1970’s has been one of the most important factors driving the World economy over that same time frame. Certainly other factors have played into the World’s economic growth over the last 40 or so years, […]
Many in the media of late have speculated regarding the fate of Alibaba, Tencent, Didi, and other large “private” businesses in China that Americans and others have invested in. The fate of Alibaba et al is just a continuation of the recent “closing” of China by the Communist Chinese Party under Xi Jinping after the […]