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 […]
In Egypt stands one of the most famous human built structures of all time, the Great Pyramid of Khufu. Constructed about 4,600 years ago, this mammoth stone edifice was the tallest man-made building in the world when it was completed, at just over 480 feet, for about 3,800 years. Unlike the European Cathedrals whose spires […]
The label “just like Hitler” is often attached to leaders, or would be leaders, as a simple way to accuse the target so labeled of being a very bad person. Without historical context the label “just like Hitler” is just a knee jerk reaction. With that said, put in historical context, I think there’s some […]
China rising from the ashes of the rule of Mao Zedong has shaken the world order, and how the world has reacted and will react to that rise in the decades to come will shape humanity’s future in so many ways. China’s rise has very little to do with those standing front and center on […]
Scientifically speaking, sex has two main purposes: procreation and the bonding of parents for the care of children. If people do not reproduce in their lifetimes, it is a truism that upon their death there will be no more people. If once a child is born, the child’s parents or another caregiver do not care […]
My children’s ancestors came to the New World over a period of almost 300 years, the first that I know of for certain arriving on the Mayflower in 1620 and the last being Poles arriving from the border region between Russia and Poland around 1915. In between their ancestors were primarily English, Dutch, and German […]
I work as a family services attorney in a county juvenile court. There are two basic kinds of cases I deal with, those where the caregivers are not appropriately caring for the children and those where the children are behaving inappropriately. I use the work “appropriately” and “inappropriately” because of the wide range of circumstances […]