Be A Light
1990. Saturday night. Racing for home on my triathlon bike. Zipping downhill, on a long, steep descent of several kilometres, at 70 kilometres per hour (42 mph). A country road. Darkness had closed in. No street lights. Blinded by the lights of oncoming vehicles....
Is it a train, or is it a trick? With so many image editing tools available today, it's sometimes hard to know what is real and what is editing magic.
Is it a train? You can see lights, and rail tracks, and rail power lines, and maybe a hint of a rail station or rail crossing. But can you see a train? If there is a train, why can you see straight through everything to the trees on the other side of the tracks? You...
The Price of Liberty is Eternal Vigilance A telling incident from Tel Aviv, the day Ronald Reagan died, June 5, 2004.
Above, the US embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel. It was coincidental that I was in that city on the day the news flashed around the world, that the 40th president of the United States had passed away, aged 93. I had no need of the embassy’s services. Being nearby and seeing...
Lies Told With Truth Truth, not merely mockery of truth, means honoring the intention of what is being said as well as accurately reporting what is being communicated.
During my wanderings in many countries, including several Near East, Middle East and Far East countries, I have participated in a plethora of conversations, some with high level executives and government appointees, many more with ordinary people, on the street, in...
