Parag Khanna: China is a big tree, but it is not the forest — Making peace in Asia

It’s not too late for Asia to avert disaster I recently had the opportunity to speak at length about Sino-Asian dynamics with David Barboza, founding editor of The Wire China. We discussed the dangerous China-centric bias is analysis of Asia, and the importance of understanding how weaker powers practice a shrewd “multi-alignment” (the term I coined …

J. C. Cole: American Gray Swans – July 2020 Food, Food Security, and Famine!

American Gray Swans – July 2020 Food, Food Security, and Famine! Let us be real clear, unless you can stare at the Sun to draw enough energy to stay alive than you need Food to survive. It is a concept! Famine is historically the #1 Killer of Humanity, and America, Europe, and China are all …

Robert Steele: Convergence Looms Between Trumpers & Sandernistas, Authentic Blacks & White Patriots

I am constantly scanning the horizon and am blessed with a very wide network of Alert Readers that are vastly more intelligent, with vastly more integrity, than Google Search, to take one example of online mediocrity. Enjoy these two pieces. Convergence looms. Wayne Grudem: Letter to an Anti-Trump Christian Friend Matt Taibbi (Subscription): Our Man …

Ed Jewett: Google Invents the Family Bell — Pavlovians Rejoice!

Google Assistant now lets you create a ‘Family Bell’ schedule, Broadcast to specific rooms/devices “With distance learning in effect for the upcoming school season, at least in the US, Google Assistant is adding a handful of features to ease the transition. This includes Family Bell, precise Broadcasting, and other whimsical features aimed at kids.  Google …