Five Years of Recent History
So much has been going on lately in the news that I created a chart to keep track of all (that is: some) of it. Right before the election seemed like a good time to ....
Category: War and Peace
Ukraine War Territory
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, there has been international focus on fighting along a very wide front in the south and east of Ukraine. Though Russia has essentially been in armed ....
Taiwan is not Ukraine
The West can and should stop an expansionist Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Taiwan is a different story. 1. Taiwan Rhymes with Ukraine Russia, a dictatorship that has become more hostile lately, threatened the neighboring nation ....
Antland, Antland Over All
In T.H. White’s The Once and Future King, young Arthur is turned into various animals by Merlin as part of Arthur’s education. When he becomes an ant and is placed in an ant colony that ....
Do You Hate Democrats More Than You Hate Putin?
I watched President Biden's State of the Union address this week and the Republican response given by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds. Biden came out against a number of threats to America. He talked about fighting ....
US Energy Independence
Given the need to isolate Russia, a major exporter of fossil fuels, let’s take a look at US production of fossil fuels in recent decades. The big picture: through three presidential adminstrations, we’ve been producing ....
Europe: Strategic Snapshot
Comparing Economies With talk of open warfare between Russia and Ukraine lately, now is a good time to look at a strategic snapshot of Europe. The figure shows all the countries of Europe (excluding those ....
Post Election FB Diary. (3) Reading for the Growing Threat
Yes it was a coup attempt. Here's Why Brilliant article by international relations expert Fiona Hill connects the dots to show how all of Trump's actions have been building to an illegal seizure of power. ....
My Size/Intensity Technique Shows Up in Washington Post?
For a few years now, I have been experimenting with a way to display demographic, economic, political, and other data via "size/intensity" or "box" plots. The idea is that if you want to compare some ....
Portland Disturbances Week by Week
Photo of federal officers, Portland, Oregon, 6/18/20, REUTERS/Nathan Howard, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/federal-government-under-scrutiny-for-crackdown-on-portland-protesters?ref=hvper.com. 1) Everything Trump does is about publicity. He didn't want a Wall to stop illegal immigrants, he wanted a Wall to symbolize stopping illegal immigrants. ....