Presidential candidate Hilary Clinton is not an energy expert. She probably has some such person on her campaign staff, but she didn’t need them when she told the unfortunate truth to a West Virginia audience. She said, “We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” This occurred at […]
Welcome Back to “the World,” Vietnam Vet
The Veterans Administration organized a nationwide function on the 29th of March this year. The purpose was to recognize and “welcome home” all Vietnam veterans. It was pretty low-key, but events were being held in 5388 locations around the country. I saw an announcement of it in the local paper. It was to be held […]
10 Tips for International Travel
When you have flown four million miles on United and visited more than 100 countries, for business and for pleasure, you do learn a few things. Either that or you should just stay home. Here are some of the key pieces of advice that I use myself to stay productive and well and safe. Drink […]
The Trip Bernie Sanders, the Socialist, Should Take.
The word “Cuba” is said to be derived from the Taino language word “cubao” one of whose meanings is “where fertile land is abundant” . And it looks like there’s plenty of fertile land. And yet, we had been told often that Cuba imports 80 percent of its food. We stopped for lunch at a […]
Bernie, Meet Fidel. Fidel, Meet Bernie.
Bernard “Bernie” Sanders is one of two Senators from Vermont and one of two people currently running for the Democratic Party nomination for President. This is in case your name is Rip Van Winkle and you have just awoken from a hundred-year sleep. Or was that Sleeping Beauty?He started in politics in college where he […]
Are you now or have you ever been a Muslim?
Among the parade of unreasonable ideas that Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has put forth is that we should seal our borders and stop granting visas to anyone who is a Muslim. His press release says that he supports “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives […]