Sep
23
What To Learn From Kids
Adults use weasel words to impress, confuse, and obfuscate. Kids know better.
1 min read
Global
Economics, Politics, Technology, War & Peace
Sep
17
Who Wants to Lead The World?
For decades, America earned its role as the global leader. It would be a hell of a thing to give up voluntarily.
2 min read
Sep
13
How Population Trends
Of the nearly 9 billion people in the world, almost one-third live in China and India.
1 min read
Sep
10
The Market for Presidential Volatility
Markets hate unpredictable volatility, and Donald J. Trump is unpredictable and volatile.
2 min read
Sep
04
Firefights and Friendships
As Mattis says, if you’re taking on the world, bring your allies. You will need them.
1 min read
Aug
27
How Strong is America?
Strength is a relative – not absolute – concept.
1 min read
Aug
15
How Eisenhower Made Decisions
So everything begins with elimination. Start with the poison.
1 min read
Aug
13
Why Germany is Breaking Its Golden Rule
Climate costs will skyrocket in the coming decades as the world becomes insufferably hot, crowded, and urban.
2 min read
Aug
05
American Carnage
Moral clarity is the best response to hate
3 min read
Jul
17
Get it Together, America
Six companies distributed 56 billion opioid pills between 2006 and 2012. 47,000 Americans died of an opioid overdose in 2017.
1 min read