The top headline in the Wall Street Journal . More Oil Is Now Coming Out of the Persian Gulf Than Before the Iran War Persian Gulf oil exports have surpassed prewar levels, as an improvised shipping system under U.S. protection is helping tankers move oil through one of Iran’s fiercest waves of attacks in the … Read more
Very sad to see – looks like a war zone in places. Brigid and I love France.
Interesting stuff. Off of 60 Minutes, which has changed it’s modus operandi in the last several months.
The story is about a Greek school which will close after this school year. When you have no children – who said “Demographics is Destiny”? It’s a situation playing out across Europe and beyond. The region has 16 of the world’s top 20 oldest nations, particularly in Southern Europe, according to the independent World Population … Read more
A brief interview excerpt; the constraints – electricity and chips
Nothing revolutionary beyond they want teachers, they want toilets that work, they want smaller classes, and they want air conditioning. Read the excerpts below. There has been some violence. It’s all here in Time Magazine. The protests have been driven by anger over a variety of issues impacting French high schools. Roughly 3,000 people have … Read more
the study by the Yale School of Management. The New York Times’ coverage of the first months of the war in Gaza displayed a clear bias against Israel by downplaying the country’s casualties while minimizing Hamas’ role in sustaining the conflict, a new study found. A review of the Times’ 1,559 articles published between Oct. … Read more
Wow – some story. They were shot down over rugged Iran terrain. The first short video is the intro. The second video the full story – This is 29 minutes long and very powerful. Greatest line: “Never let a lack of motivation put you on Iranian TV.”
Haha. The Bayeux Tapestry – which I saw in France in my wanderings long ago. The tapestry is actually woven cloth and is 225 feet long. King Charles stood beside Emmanuel Macron at the British Museum this week and celebrated the return of the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain for the first time in nearly a … Read more
Here’s another take from the interview – which I had an excerpt from here – Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on the American Dream & “the bottom 20%” To see the whole 27 minute interview go here. Jamie Dimon | Full Episode 8.7.26 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover This is so obvious but we all … Read more