Here it is, my keynote address at the American Federation of Ramallah Palestine Convention in Jacksonville, Florida. The event was lovely. This is a Christian Palestinian organization that is focused on maintaining Palestinian culture within the diaspora in the US. They have numerous cultural events, tours, and annual gatherings. This is the organization that invited me as well as 6 others to tour the Holy Land in October of 2019. My group included three clergy members, two medical professionals, and an educator. The trip was incredible and educational. We visited holy sites of all three Abrahamic religions, swam in the Dead Sea, and rode camels. We visited Tel Aviv and stayed in Jeruselum and Ramallah. We visited numerous Palestinian art and music centers and ate the most delicious food. And of course, as we toured, we witnessed the occupation first hand. It was shocking and humbling. Forever changing. I am grateful I was asked to go on this trip. I was later asked to be the keynote speaker at their annual convention. I'm sorry the quality isn't the greatest, I had one of the attendees film it for me on their phone.
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?
