One of my closest friends, John Wood Jr. with Braver Angels, launched a podcast. His goal is to bring America together. John is a Conservative and I'm a Liberal but he often talks about him and I running for office together one day on a unity ticket. I don't know about that but I would support him in any office he runs for.
His first guest, Dave Rubin. Check it out.
Had a fun time this weekend at a birthday party and wanted to share my GIF. btw..I learned it's pronounced JIFF with a soft G not GIFF with a hard G. The more you know I suppose.
Europe PANICS at Munich: The Unipolar World is DEAD and NATO Can’t Stop It
World Affairs in Context | Monday, February 16, 2026
Excellent Podcast. Lena Petrova interviews Dr. Vladimir Brovkin. Should be very useful as a reference marker. Dr. Vladimir Brovkin has a YouTube Channel at @vladimirbrovkin4052 and he has books at Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Vladimir%20N.%20Brovkin%22?Ntk=P_key_Contributor_List&Ns=P_Sales_Rank&Ntx=mode+matchall
Video Description: Europe is facing a geopolitical turning point after the latest Munich Security Conference exposed deep anxiety over the collapse of the post–Cold War order. As multipolarity accelerates, NATO strategy, U.S. hegemony, and European “strategic autonomy” are all being questioned.
With leaders like Chancellor Merz and President Macron raising nuclear deterrence debates, and Washington pushing Europe to align...
Good Morning, it’s Tuesday February 17, 2026. On President’s Day I decided to watch an American Classic by the British Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock: Psycho(1961), of which I came away with a question mark:
Is sick-in-the-head Norman Bates cleaning up the blood of the murdered Marion Crane(though she was murdered by his other personality - his mother) considered an accessory after-the-fact in the modern world but not in the world of 1961?
