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...
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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: The Truth About Capitalism and Socialism
The other day I saw yet another example of people contentiously debating the merits of capitalism vs socialism, punctuated by...
Ransomware Is About More Than Money
The intent of nearly every business entity, public or private, is to portray itself both internally and externally as a...
Could Regionally Organized Clouds Be the Answer?
Regionally organized clouds (ROCs) can be the answer to a series of problems public policy is currently struggling with. Global...
Artificial Intelligence: Robots Won’t Save Us
My wife and I were recently driving in Virginia, amazed yet again that the GPS technology on our phones could...
Facebook Escapes Again
The world has changed radically over the past 200 years. At the same time, some of the most critical institutions...
