This is an extraordinarily significant time in several ways. Virtually everyone knows about Covid-19. However, that’s not the only thing going on. And, for some, the recent non-pandemic news is not all bad. Europe and Asia On December 13, … [Read more...]
May 11, 2018 – USA Takes a Hit
May 11, 2018 – USA Takes a Hit In the days leading up to when the American Embassy is expected to relocate to Jerusalem, tensions have continued to ratchet up in the Middle East. President Trump’s announced decision on May 8, 2018 to withdraw … [Read more...]
December 21, 2017 – Middle East, so what’s next? Part Two
On Monday December 18, 2017, the 15 Member UN Security Council voted 14-1 to condemn the US decision “to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital”. As expected, the USA exercised its veto. This then was followed by a vote in an UN General Assembly … [Read more...]
January 13, 2017 – America, Not the Best of Times
Dark Clouds Gathering Over U.S. Capital America’s world status is changing, according to the international news media, and she is losing allies right and left. Philippines, long considered an ally of America in Asia, is one of them. The … [Read more...]
April 17, 2016 – North America
California’s forests are dying with help from a little insect less than ¼ inch long. So the state’s TV channels are airing a clip sponsored by Cal Fire, California’s firefighting arm. In it, Cal Fire warned state residents, “Don’t let your guard … [Read more...]
November 1, 2015 – USA Weather
The U.S. version of an old saying goes like this,“when it rains, it pours”; and large parts of America have certainly experienced heavy rainfall this year. October 2015 brought additional precipitation; USA Today’s newspaper headline on … [Read more...]
June 17, 2015 – Global
Corporate America and U.S. Catholic politicians seem to be on a collision course with the Vatican State and Eastern Orthodoxy. On Thursday, June 18, 2015, the Vatican will release a 190 plus page document, as a letter (a.k.a. an encyclical) from … [Read more...]
June 11, 2015 — USA
A Washington Post June 5, 2015 headline read, "Egg rationing in America has officially begun" It is happening in Texas. One grocery chain is limiting the number of cartons any one customer can buy. The U.S. wholesale price of eggs has more than … [Read more...]
April 23, 2015 – USA & Canada
Wild animals attacking humans is headline news again. A New Jersey man was bitten by a coyote on Sunday, April 19, 2015. Days later, tests proved the animal had rabies. The Bellingham Herald, a west coast newspaper, and other media … [Read more...]
March 16, 2015 – USA Weather
Newsweek reported on March 13, 2015, Jay Famiglietti, a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory senior water scientist and a professor of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine, has told Los Angeles Times readers, “January was the … [Read more...]
