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Red Dragon rising … as Thucydides Trap is sprung

The year of the Dragon is behind us, but ask anyone in Tokyo, Seoul, or Taipei, and they will surely tell you in hushed tones that China’s “rising” is truly terrifying to them. Because as China feels...

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Creativity…

This post comes from a 1966 interview with John and Paul about creativity in songwriting, and their album recording at the Abbey Road studios in London. My friend Mr Masato Hisamune-san, over dinner...

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A walk in the woods of Japan…

The Japanese forestry technique known as “Daisugi technique,” has been producing environmentally friendly wood products for over 700 years, thus providing adequate timbers for house and boat building...

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Lion’s face + Lion’s mane + Lion’s Courage = “Scarface”

A baby lion named Scarface, was born in 2007, in the Masai-Mara reserve, National Park —  Africa’s Most Iconic Wilderness. When this young lion traveled far & wide into other territories, away...

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Jenny

Most people know the tragic story of the Titanic, but few have heard about Jenny — the ship’s resident cat, and possibly the only soul on board who sensed what was coming. Jenny wasn’t just any cat....

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Papa Francesco

No other person has touched so many people’s lives as Papa Francesco has done… Pope Francis passed away at the Vatican on April 21st, after leading the Catholic faithful since March 2013. His election...

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China closed for business.

In a world where the global economy bristles with grievances, lamentations, and even war threats, the US tariffs against China have aroused plenty of anger, resentment, and total incomprehension of...

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Papa Francesco RIP

Millionaire Pope? When he died, Pope Francis had only $100 as his savings, or what is nominally called, his estate, his personal inheritance. He had no bank accounts, no properties, nor any...

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A poem by Rumi…

Here is a poem that would go on to alter the trajectory of my life: “When I run after what I think I want — my days are a furnace of distress and anxiety;If I sit in my own palace of patience — what I...

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A Tribute by a Hindu to the late Pope Francis…

A Hindu man, Vinod Sekar, has written one of the most moving and beautiful tributes, ever written for anyone … yet this one is for the late Pope Francis. “The Loss of a Good Man: A Tribute to Pope...

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