Welcome! This is an unapologetic, agenda-free zone. Just commentaries on current events that’ll move you to think, laugh, rage, and even cry.
I’ve been lamenting the normalization of apocalyptic wildfires for years in commentaries like “Wildfire Redux: California Burning … Again,” “Texas Is Burning,” and “California Burning: ‘The New Normal’?” More to the point, in “Wildfires Rivaling Hurricanes,” I alluded to how climate change is forging a kinship between those affected by hurricanes and those affected by… Read more.
Here in part is how I begged you to donate to relief efforts in “Hurricane Dorian Devastates My Bahamaland…,” September 2, 2019: ____________________ The reason this weblog is ad-free (and “Like”-free) is that I don’t want my opinions tainted in any way by money-grubbing motivations, which determine content on virtually every other site. This is… Read more.
If you haven’t already read my previous commentaries below, it might be helpful to do so before proceeding. Many donors found the most recent one (dated September 6) heartwarming and encouraging. Most notably, it features a video of my brother (the bishop) and sister (the master chef) preparing meals for displaced residents. Donations in Action… Read more.
Many of you have expressed concerns about your donations to the British Red Cross to help relief efforts in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) getting lost in bureaucratic red tape, or worse. Unfortunately, the TCI has no indigenous relief agency with the facility to take online donations. Therefore, I have arranged with the Director… Read more.
