Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) A major and extremely deadly flash flood struck the Nepal–China (Tibet) border today, Wednesday, August 26, 2026. The disaster is centered around...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) Sadly, Dolly Parton died on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at age 80. Her representatives said she died at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) On August 18, 2026, a major federal trial began in Oakland, California, before U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. It stems from...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) Marco Rubio certainly has a communication style that can come across as clear, structured, and confident, particularly when discussing foreign policy. As...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) In recent weeks, a large-scale crossing into Ceuta brought renewed attention to Spain’s border policies and cooperation with Morocco, prompting debate across...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) U.S. Treasury Department payment verification system is implemented under the Trump administration to screen federal payments before they are issued. According to...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) Yes—Florida is actually using robotic rabbits as a conservation tool to help remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. It sounds unusual,...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) The 250th birthday of the United States was celebrated on July 4, 2026, marking 250 years since the adoption of the Declaration...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) According to the latest reports, the U.S. and Iranian delegations did meet in Switzerland, and the negotiations are continuing rather than ending...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) The latest reports indicate that U.S.-Iran diplomacy is continuing, but in a highly fragile environment. Details of the video below, in italics:...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) The recent Florida Farm Bill (SB 290) was signed into law by Ron DeSantis on March 23, 2026, and takes effect July...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) Ebola virus is a virus that causes Ebola virus disease (formerly called Ebola hemorrhagic fever), a severe and often life-threatening illness in...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is a rare but potentially serious viral illness spread mainly through contact with infected rodents, especially their urine,...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) Today’s presentation is an interesting conversation between Ralph Schoelhammer and Benedict Beckeld, regarding Francis Fukuyama’s thesis on the “End of History”. ...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) Based on multiple recent reports, SpaceX priced and completed the offering on Thursday, June 11, 2026, and began public trading on Friday,...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) Of the many cities, states, and countries I’ve traveled, few can compete with the year-long lush green, rejuvenating humidity level, laid-back attitude...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) Concerns around Anthropic’s “Mythos” framing (or more broadly, its narrative/style of positioning AI systems like Claude) tend to fall into a...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) A sense of gratitude and appreciation for all that is good around us can profoundly change how we experience life. It does...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) OpenAIvs.Elon Musk But more specifically, it was really: Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, and indirectly Microsoft. Here is the...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) Aldi did has been very successful at taking market share from traditional supermarkets by using a very different business model. How Aldi...
Dear Friends & Neighbors, (Please click on red links & note magenta) On April 6, 2026, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that he had signed HB 1471 and described it as legislation to “ban Sharia...
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