The fall of consumption
WHAT is the most important commodity in the world?
It’s not gold nor oil or even technology.
The most important commodity in the world is actually...
Herd immunity
LET ME preface this article by saying that I’m not an expert on the COVID virus nor am I an expert on all the...
The 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan Skirmishes
ARMENIA and Azerbaijan hogged the limelight recently over their skirmish.
This is the biggest flare up since the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the early 1990s and...
Rage against the dying of the light
I DON’T like to psychologize current events, but sometimes it’s the only way to make sense of things.
American politics is becoming increasingly unstable. But...
Israel’s strange new allies
BAHRAIN just became the second Gulf State to “normalize” ties with Israel. One article from israelnationalnews.com reports that: “Bahrain thus becomes the second Gulf...
China’s urban problem
I RECENTLY read a recent editorial from the South China Morning Post, entitled “China’s urbanization has fuelled economic growth, but without redirection it will...
Most vulnerable areas of the economy
LAST week, while scanning Twitter, I came upon this interesting Tweet by Dan Price:
“Amazon: profit up 100 percent
Walmart: profit up 80 percent
Target: profit up...
How long will it take to develop a corona vaccine?
SHORT answer: Some experts believe the vaccine should be ready between the last few months of 2020 and the early half of 2021.
That’s great,...
Border’s closed because of Corona
HUMANS evolved to be suspicious of
strangers, and for good reasons. Strangers were/are potential invaders. They
may also be saboteurs or spies for the enemy. In...
Border’s closed because of corona
HUMANS evolved to be suspicious of
strangers, and for good reasons. Strangers were/are potential invaders. They
may also be saboteurs or spies for the enemy. In...