War and BREXIT

I wasn’t surprised to wake-up this morning to an email from my regular “hater” Rick. Back when I lived in Austin I’d regularly get anonymous letters, sometimes just pages from magazines with words highlighted to make messages. Much more often than that though, I’d get emails from Rick. Today’s email Rick said: As I’ve told you before, you should get off your high horse and stop blogging; you are just conflating two things to suit your own agenda, I just wish you’d go away, no one cares about your opinion. While the Iraq war might seem to have little to … Continue reading War and BREXIT

The Post BREXIT Pound Era

Watching former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speak in response to the ChilcotĀ report, was depressing. Blair clearly hadn’t grasped, or at least wasn’t prepared to acknowledge the sheer cost in lives and money of going to war. Wars are expensive, very expensive. As of writing this morning, the UK/British Pound is worth $1.2989. Essentially an all time low. My prediction is that it will settle around $1.25. That is a staggering decline over the last 100-years from all time high of nearly $5. I’ve been sorting through my archives over the last 5-months, written, photographic and audio. I’ve even spent … Continue reading The Post BREXIT Pound Era