Round two is Taiwan vs China — In October 2006, a US Naval Super Carrier Group led by the thousand-foot USS Kitty Hawk was confidently sailing through the East China Sea between southern Japan and Taiwan, minding everyone’s business, when, without warning, a Chinese navy submarine surfaced in the middle of the group. An American aircraft carrier…

Rome is not in this battle. Neither is Marcus Aurelias or Epictetus. So let’s have some fun even if our species is threatening our demise — Let’s start with this. Stoicism is practiced by the impoverished, the RICH, the WEALTHY, and the Billionaires. In reverse order. It’s a strange phenomenon. It does not care about your net worth in some materialistic measure nor does it care how much taxes you pay. It seems to just care.

No, he is not my neighbor but you can find him here — The Chinese culture is a five-thousand-year-old culture. It is impossible and disrespectful to try and describe that within a couple of words, let alone a tweet. Also, I am not Chinese. I follow a gentleman on MEDIUM whose articles took me down a path that allowed me to discover some…

I am therefore I am not — English was our second language when I was at school and [insert exotic language here] was our first language. I will tell you what our first language was at the end of this. Every now and then, one of us would come across a new English word or some fancy…

This is dangerous. Opinions should be exactly that. Opinions — I am writing this with the greatest respect for Benjamin Sledge, the author of the article No One Has Addressed WHY Russia Invaded Ukraine (So I'll Do It). We are living in dangerous times, and words matter. This topic has the whole world on edge. …

You are pushing for a nuclear war, and we did not sign-up for it. — I am not American, so I have no business meddling in the domestic politics of America. But this is not domestic politics. This is GeoPolitics at its finest. Maybe Americans will listen to another American. I hope Jessica Wildfire will not mind me tagging her in on this story. Her…

A Luta Continua Jonas Savimbi bought logistical access through Zambia from his diamond revenues, and purchased arms from Ukraine and elsewhere to reequip his forces. Ukraine, the country on all our minds right now, was willing to sell arms to Jonas Savimbi. …

Or, scroll while half asleep. Or, from Jared to David. — I go viral every time I write. Nothing to do with stats. My Mom says I got it from my Dad. We are crazy like that. But ( aspiring writer tip: f*ck what the experts say. Use BUT as a sentence) Ask the reader to treat your article like their…

If you keep on saying ‘uncivilized’ or ‘third world’, well that’s what you’ll get. You’ve been saying it for centuries. When are you going to stop? — Wars are never initiated by the people ( the peasants), but always by the Masters. The people in power. I had a hard time writing this. My heartfelt prayers to the people of Ukraine. Your war is not between the Ukrainian people and the Russian people. There are two presidents…