Dynasties of the Sea
We had never given much thought to shipping, the business of large ships plying the world’s oceans carrying massive amounts of cargo. If you own a shippin...
Category: Focus
Hellhole Tied To A Sinkhole With Quagmire On The Other Side
Last week, perhaps impolitely but realistically, we described NonPakistan as a “sinkhole”: “The state has become a financial sink hole....
Reality Then, Now & Tomorrow – Sinkhole
Remember the May 2013 election & the euphoria that greeted it? It was actually a successful election in the failed “state” that calls its...
EU-NATO Last Week; This Week China
Do you even remember the beginning of the week? It began with the Trump-Putin Summit on Monday in Helsinki. The press conference between the two leaders ...
NATO Visit, EU-UK & Putin on Deck – 1930s & Now
What does a Cinema-Rasik do? Look at global issues with the lens of a Cinema Director. When you do so, you get a totally different view. That is what we ...
Can Lady Liberty Return Her Gaze to the World?
For about 130 years, the Statue of Liberty has gazed at the wide expanse of water with a message of hope & liberation: “Give me your tired, your poo...
Thompson Reuters Report – Trump’s America vs. Modi’s India
This week a foundation named Thompson Reuters issued a report ranking countries that are, in their opinion, most dangerous for women. The foundation disc...
Carried Interest – An Elixir for Retirement, Population Growth & a Happy Life?
Many years ago, a friend of ours had a conversation with his 11 year old son (give or take a year). He told his son that his responsibility was to be a &...
The Player In The Zone
If you watch competitive sports, you have seen a player get “into the zone”. You probably watch with your afl merchandise, or whichever sport it is ...
From Asia to Europe – Today’s World & the World of Marco Polo
Look at this week & the next – President Trump made a brief stop at the G-7 meeting, so brief & so uncomfortable to European “leaders...