Grace and a Tennis Celebrity
Among the character traits we cherish in fellow humans, grace is often more noticeable in its absence. The recent saga of a Serbian tennis...
The Snowbirds: An American Phenomenon
Global warming may be an acknowledged phenomenon but it has yet to pierce the frozen shield of a northern U.S. winter. As this is...
Global Warming Impacts Antarctic Glaciers and Wildfires
Come year end and prognosticators abound. Dire portents from the pessimists and the reverse from the optimists; from disasters of one kind or another...
The Spirit Of Christmas
If the enduring message of Christmas is of goodwill to all men, then the case for extending this spirit year round is irrefutable.
There is...
On Deception and Us Humans
If Escher and Dali were masters of illusion in their art, their deception had impermanence. Back and forth the image would change as one...
India And Pakistan: Leaders Then And Now
In 1947, after decades of struggle, India became independent with Jawaharlal Nehru as its first prime minister. Educated at Harrow, an elite English school...
The Turkey and the U.S. Holiday Season
Guess! Forty-six million turkeys are eaten in the US over the course of a year, a month or a certain day? The surprising answer...
A Good Transport System Supercharges the Economic Engine
The infrastructure bill in the U.S. has been signed into law. At the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), they are celebrating the fruition...
COP26: We All Live On The Same Planet
Encomiums to Greta and plaudits to the COP26 delegates. She kept their feet to the fire and their efforts had at least one unexpected...
The Two Impossibles: Greta Thunberg’s Dream And Our Way Of Living
"Blah! Blah! Blah! And then they go back to making money." The 'blah' part of the quote from Greta Thunberg is now being carried...