To remember what was... and  what could have been.

The Night of the Doctor

Courtesy of Wikipedia – Aloha   in the   Hawaiian language   means   affection,   peace,   compassion   and mercy. Since the middle o...

Sitting in the dark  at the Club Quarters Hotel, Wall Street, which had neither power, or running water, watching trash cans fly by li...

The following is a updated repost of  one of the first blog entries I ever wrote, back in  October, 2006.    ---------------------------...

Well , I made it back to London yesterday  after  two weeks in the U.S.   I spent a week in New York City,  then managed to get back to S...

Back in the US  for a 2 week business trip.  New York this week  then  L.A. next week..  Updates  to follow

I have not weighed in as of yet on the crisis on Syria  or the potential American military intervention in that country.   Yet  the brillia...

Well, It's been over a  month.   So I have been diligently scanning all the major news outlets, government websites, and emergency s...

Just read it.. please. ----------------------------- Dear Prime Minister, M Rogge, Lord Coe and Members of the International Olympic ...

In these early days of the 21rst Century, the concept of "celebrity" has evolved into a very odd thing indeed. In our culture o...

I don’t have one of those horrific, tragic and ultimately triumphant coming out stories.  My story is actually pretty boring... Yes lik...

Apparently  the issue of  the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi  is something a lot of folks are talking about...

It seems that the Sochi Winter Games are a massive boondoggle of corruption and environmental damage. The Economist looks into the state...

There once was a country that was due to host  the next  Winter Olympic Games.  This nation had worked very hard  to secure the games. ...