As I've written about a few times this year, I've spent the year building my LinkedIn network in both quantity and quality, but focusing on quality in particular. At this point, I now have 15,500 connections, about 50% of whom are senior executives. I have the top executives at most major corporations in virtually every …
Month: December 2018
My Year In Books: 2018
Every year, I participate in the Goodreads annual Reading Challenge. At the beginning of each year, you set a goal for how many books you'll read that year. Goodreads keeps track of your running total and then lets you know how you've done and what percentage of your goal you met. You can also see …
Book Review: The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy: How America’s Civil Religion Betrayed the National Interest
The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy: How America's Civil Religion Betrayed the National Interest by Walter A. McDougall My rating: 2 of 5 stars I didn't like this book. And my criticisms are probably unfair, because the author most likely accomplished what he set out to do. I think I merely misinterpreted or misunderstand the …
Certain Comments For China-Watchers
I published a new article on LinkedIn today and some of you may find it interesting, particularly those interested in foreign relations, and most especially China. What has gotten the Chinese government so anxious, so upset about Michael Pillsbury's controversial book, The Hundred-Year Marathon, published several years ago, that they would publish an op-ed last …
Important! Quantum Computing
This is a brief post about a very important subject. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't really know just how important it is, let alone know anything about it at all. Listen please! This is a very important & urgent topic. I strongly support US government-funded research in quantum science & quantum computing. And perhaps …
Tom Wilson Is A Hypocritical Pansy!
Here's an article showing Ryan Reeves being discriminated against because the hypocritical cheap shot artist Washington Capitals and their fans complained about a photo of him standing on the ice looking down at poor Tom Wilson, laid out on the ice after a perfectly legal, but hard hit. Poor baby got a concussion and people …