
Global Thoughts — 21 June 2026
My son Jeremy seems to have found a summer job watching the World Cup for the next month. He’s generally thought that soccer was boring to watch, but decided that if you have a bet going on a game, it

My son Jeremy seems to have found a summer job watching the World Cup for the next month. He’s generally thought that soccer was boring to watch, but decided that if you have a bet going on a game, it

I traveled to Dubai, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia during February over a roughly 10 day period. Half the time was in Saudi Arabia. I think that I am a chaos muppet; every country I visited on this trip was

Today is my 60th birthday. Both my grandfathers didn’t make it to 60. My dad just celebrated his 90th birthday and still has his marbles. I can feel that I have seen some of history go by over the years.

Is there really a difference between an airplane pilot and an Uber driver? Pilots can’t really see what’s in front of them and they both depend on navigational aids to get where they’re going. When I landed after a flight

Imagine the outrage – they gave out $2 billion at Powerball lottery and even though I bought ten tickets for 3 different drawings that week, I still got nothing. I realize that if I want to get my name in

We just returned from a family vacation to Europe. Travel Notes are at the end of this posting. The Fourth of July for me this year won’t be just any holiday — my parents will be over for dinner celebrating

I have a question: There are over 7 billion people on the planet. There are 30 apartments on my side of the building. Why am I almost always waiting for the elevator? Chat GBT seems to write everything, but at

This posting is not as long as it seems – it’s actually pretty short on the global stuff. Most of it is trip notes from an August trip to Brazil and Argentina, and then a September trip to Lithuania, Latvia

Mssrs. Putin and Xi beware: If you plan to invade Poland or Taiwan, only do so between 10am and 4pm ET otherwise Mr. Biden might be asleep. My son finally made it through 6 weeks in Israel on a summer

There is a lot of stuff here and I suggest you enjoy this over the Passover holiday. It’s all really good though. I switch subjects a lot so if you are bored with one subject, just go to the next
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