Breakfast with Chad: Solving the Education Crisis
Having published an article about my experience with a group of students in India, today decided to raise the important...
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Oil Now Makes Our Dollar-Based Global Economy Inflammable
Due to their energy density, oil and its refined products are the backbone of our economy. One gallon of gasoline...
Breakfast with Chad: The Importance of Being Posthumanist
This morning I was thinking about what an academic friend told me about the latest trend in the humanities, something...
Breakfast with Chad: Does History Ever Take a Holiday?
This morning I came across an article described as a “report” concerning Australia’s foreign policy that appeared in The Sydney...
Who Broke the Silicon Valley Bank and What Now
On Friday, March 10, California-based Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), was forced to close. SVB was among the top 20 US...
Breakfast with Chad: Mackinder’s World Island
This morning I was mulling over the question of why the war in Ukraine, which may be facing a definitive...
Breakfast with Chad: Alternative reality
This morning I mentioned to Chad a remarkable phrase from a post earlier this week by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist...
Breakfast with Chad: The Value of Diabolical Humor
Chad is, of course, a newcomer to the breakfast table of the Fair Observer boarding Slot house. This morning I...
Breakfast with Chad: Havana Syndrome
This morning I couldn’t help trying to make sense of a confusing, poorly structured news item in The Washington Post...
Breakfast with Chad: Wrong Side of History
I’ve always been fascinated by the clichés politicians so eagerly use to categorize their opponents as failing to adhere to...
