Picture a nation in mourning, which had been grievously attacked. People around the world supported America's loss on 9/11 with sympathy...

War is most perverse when only a few people are involved in a life & death struggle, and others are essentially unaffected. Too many Ame...

Many otherwise-clever Americans have been led to believe that the USA should "stay the course" in Iraq, because a U.S. military wi...

by Genki 元気 A single red rose Graces a saké bottle By my Chinese lunch       -- 2006-01-23 Bohemian road Aimless Czech discovery Balance e...

US Army 1st Lt. Ehren Watada has been on trial -- in essence, for undermining the military. Is he guilty - most certainly! What should be hi...

published in The Korea Herald, 2007-01-23 Op-Ed (p.13) The Waiting Alien Waiting in an immigration line is never pleasant. Aliens face long...

In many years of schooling, I was never taught how to shift gears to find fulfillment. Analytic side-stepping and lateral thinking were part...

One unfortunate dimension of energy development in the USA is that the oil and associated industries have hijacked debate via the political ...

Thus far, this blog has been grim. I've been motivated to write mostly on dark & dreary political problems, attacking the narrow dri...

There is a distant drumbeat for change in the USA. Americans read the USA spends $10 million every hour in Iraq (for who knows what?) while ...

Too many Americans seem to feel, or perhaps have been led to believe, that the terrorist tragedy of 9-11 was an unprecedented horror, worthy...

Convicted fraudster Dr. 'Kenny-Boy' Lay of Enron has passed away -- perhaps. I'm sceptical. But I believe that the U.S. gov...

The aftermath of the 2004 Asian tsunami was a scandal in Sweden because of the government's slow and insufficient response. Tragedy coul...

Disappearing snow Autumn trash & lots of sand Stockholm in April More light and more light Stockholm faces shining bright More glow from...

Cartoons published in Denmark ridiculing the Prophet Muhammed have been republished widely in Europe. Is this a case of freedom of the press...

Mussolini Bush Dragged Colin Powell to hell Uncertain? Never. No unwelcome News Plays for long in Disregard Sweet Karl Rove gets blamed

Sabra Shatila Butchered thousands refuge lost Sharon's legacy

Adult life is not simple and sweet - we do not allow it to be so. It is easy to generate dozens of reasons why something can't be done, ...

To MP Boris Johnson & MP George Galloway Has the government of George W. Bush sought to wage war on Al Jazeera? Why was the Official Sec...

In the USA, Thanksgiving is a great holiday. Lots of vittles and family togetherness, and a time for reflection (which for many may be unusu...

Myku (Watashi no English-language haiku) by Genki   元気 Cold morning washroom Lit up grey around my face My father's stub...

by Genki  　元気 Everyone has known these things Since indeterminate That poets, beggars, clowns & Kings Have routinely to ...

This blog is named Pretrend It is a preview of things developing I also own the website: http://pretrend.com Perhaps most important why this...

The concept of 'heroic dose' supposedly was promulgated by Terrence McKenna. (I never had the joy of meeting Terrence, though our pa...

At times it may be difficult to recognize cause. If a system responds to infection, (let's say), with quick countermeasures, it may be d...

Many observers, both secular and religious, would agree that there are strong parallels in religious experience among differing faiths. Perh...

by Genki   元気 Almighty! All, mighty Coming together? Understand? Ozymandius looks to find a land of despair and few who know ...

=== RIP Jim ===   by Genki   元気 An hour or a few minutes My day is disturbed By a telephone call. It seems a waste of time- small talk....

Bodily stretching is vital, and a good clean place is needed - construct stages on which to workout and to relax. If an hour can be spared...

Howdi   by Genki   元気 Faces on the TV Figure on the Cross Marketing a necktie For showing to the boss. S leep comes very quickly I sp...