Effective political leaders on the pandemic got their lessons from the Spanish Flu of 1918. People only follow leaders that provide clear messages.
War: Christian Armenians vs. Muslim Turks. Protestants vs. Catholics in Northern Ireland. Religion is a tool to achieve political ends.
Christian Armenians vs. Muslim Turks. Protestants vs. Catholics in Northern Ireland. Religion is a tool to achieve political ends.
The Northeast Passage: New Arctic shipping lanes around Russia will change the global balance of power.
New Arctic shipping lanes around Russia will change the global balance of power
The Issues: The massive numbers of young people receiving university education in the future will be Indian and Chinese.
he massive numbers of young people receiving university education in the future will be Indian and Chinese. This will change the world.
The Amazon Rainforest: The world’s largest rainforest and largest river. Providing 20% of the world’s oxygen. Under attack.
The world’s largest rainforest and largest river. Providing 20% of the world’s oxygen. Under attack from natural and unnatural forest fires, illegal logging and deforestation.
Cuba: The substantial Cuban population in Miami that hates the Cuban Communist regime, helps put Florida into the arms of the Republican Party in the USA.
The substantial Cuban population in Miami that hates the Cuban Communist regime, helps put Florida into the arms of the Republican Party in the USA. But it does not prevent major trade, investment and tourism between Canada and Cuba.
Belgium: Belgium pandemic mortality numbers are the highest in the world.
Belgium pandemic mortality numbers are the highest in the world. Partly because their numbers include people who die in nursing homes as well as those who die in hospitals. It suggests other nation’s numbers are understated.
Moral Compass: Listening to my parents discuss issues gave me a sense of right and wrong.
Listening to my parents discuss issues gave me a sense of right and wrong.
