Friday, September 04, 2026

The Crystal Ball Essay Has Been Expanded



A cartel with a nuke? Putin deposed? Sovereign cities? 

Get out your marker and rate the possibilities.


[Photo by Natalia Blaueth at Unsplash+]

Preparing a Crystal Ball

With the German elections coming up, I'm preparing a Substack essay on the possible events in Europe.

Strange stuff could be just around the bend.

Thursday, September 03, 2026

Affirmations and Advances


A gizmo may bring advances in particular subjects, but so much of life does not depend upon advances.

It depends upon reaffirmations of core values such as honesty, courtesy, kindness, courage, and personal accountability.

Without those, we will become barbarians with smartphones patiently filming crimes and disasters when we're not scrolling.