Late on Saturday, July 30, I got back to Washington after a four week vacation. Cerise and I had been planning it for quite some time, and she had been nagging me to take a vacation for even longer. One important thing I learned from the experience was that it’s actually a good thing to… Continue reading Pokémon Go – Going, Going, Gone Batspit Crazy
UK Plays Tough, Draws Brexit Gun, Shoots Itself in the Foot
Friday evening, Cerise and I stopped by the Round Robin Bar in the Willard Hotel for cocktails before having dinner at the Café du Parc and taking in a show at the Kennedy Center. Certainly, the scene at the Round Robin about five o’clock the day Donald Trump actually won enough delegates to become the… Continue reading UK Plays Tough, Draws Brexit Gun, Shoots Itself in the Foot
Democratic Presidential Hopes Getting Scorched Feeling the Bern
My two o’clock consultation today was with Dr. Gwenyth Sguthan Gotsan-Cedors, Principal Technology Analyst for Developing Economies at the World Bank. I expected that we would continue our previous discussion of micro-banking strategies to provide water purification, solar energy solutions and Internet access at the village level in rural Africa, but when she primly set… Continue reading Democratic Presidential Hopes Getting Scorched Feeling the Bern
Because It’s Debonair – Social Climbers Dying to Summit Mt. Everest
My eleven o’clock consultation on Friday was with Dr. Dhoti Bandarkochaak Ladochus Janthabhalu Machikne, Special Delegate Designate for Tourism at the Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Once in my office, he perched on the couch in front of the picture window overlooking the White House and took a sip of the masala… Continue reading Because It’s Debonair – Social Climbers Dying to Summit Mt. Everest
Culture Wars Overflow onto a Porcelain Battlefield
Ritual apologies for taking so long between posts this time. But lately, however, the combination of rampant, surreal domestic political farce and numerous concurrent problematic international situations has pushed the demand for my advice through the roof. For the last three weeks, a constant stream of Washington insiders and foreign dignitaries has been running to… Continue reading Culture Wars Overflow onto a Porcelain Battlefield