Yes, I’m writing here about peace. But let’s be clear: The recent atrocities committed by retreating Russians north of Kiev — added to their relentless bombing and shelling of civilian targets all over Ukraine — have made any peace-building initiatives much more difficult. Still, this evil madness will end someday…

A Former NATO War Planner Assesses the Odds Will a nuclear war start in Ukraine? Is that even possible? Maybe we’re just watching a Netflix re-run of Dr. Strangelove. No. It’s possible. As someone who once planned nuclear war for NATO, I can tell you that events in Ukraine have…

Hell, yes, it’s scary. 125,000 Russian troops are poised on the border with Ukraine. The US has put 8,500 soldiers on “high alert.” NATO is sending jets and ships to the region as well as shipments of arms to Ukrainian forces. After years as a NATO war planner, I know…

It wasn’t politics that almost killed Biden’s infrastructure bill — it was the breakdown in fundamental levels of trust. Unless you’re Donald Trump or Ebeneezer Scrooge you gotta be happy that President Biden got his bipartisan infrastructure bill passed and that America will finally fix a decades-long backlog of repairs…

Facebook, in order to increase its profits, has continually operated against the public interest — Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, has leaked thousands of pages* of internal company documents showing that Facebook, in order to increase its profits, has continually operated against the public interest. …

Because if your project’s vision for success isn’t powerful enough, it will be dead in the water. Another insight into successful citizen activism by veteran change-maker John Graham (Coach’s Corner #6) OK, there’s a public problem that’s really bugging you and you’re ready to put some real energy, time and…

The gap between rich and poor is now so big it threatens the stability of the country — In the summer of 1964, on a year-long global journey by bus and hitchhiking, I found myself in the middle of one of the worst famines in history. I was on the Ethiopian plateau, 10,000 feet above sea level, and it would be the most godforsaken place I would ever…

Another insight into successful citizen activism by veteran change-maker John Graham (Coach’s Corner #5) When I was a sixth grader in Tacoma, Washington, waiting my turn at Travoni’s barber shop, I happened to pick up a magazine with a cover story about a place called Harvard. It was described as…

A few days ago, my daughter and I carried out her wild idea of re-creating the Last Dinner on the Titanic. It was a daft way of celebrating our own rescue from another sinking passenger ship exactly 41 years ago. She made cocktails, an elaborate appetizer, and an extravagant dessert…