Author Archives: Bonnie

Main audience: everyone Amnesty International and a very long list of other organizations jointly issued a travel advisory to fans, players, journalists, and other visitors who plan to travel to or within the USA for the 2026 FIFA Men’s World … Continued

Main audience: everyone This starts out focused on the USA and on how tough things are getting for most people in both of my countries, then opens up to more—that’s the part to stick around for. We are not necessarily … Continued

Main audience: USA people Friday 1 May 2026 is May Day Strong in the USA. It’s an economic blackout by those who are able to participate (no shame for those who want to but can’t). Don’t like what the regime … Continued

Main audience: UK people To understand what type of trouble the UK is in regarding general health, it may help to take a look at our love-it-or-hate-it food Marmite. Yes, Marmite. Click here to read more.

Main audience: everyone but especially USA people We should expect quick, reliable reports after a major incident at a gathering of journalists. Instead, over the weekend we got wildly inconsistent claims. What do we know now? The threat to DJT … Continued

Main audience: everyone We are walking into trouble if we don’t set rules soon for powerful software before it becomes anything resembling genuine AI. Fortunately, rules were suggested in the middle 20th century. Do we have the smarts, ethics & … Continued

Main audience: everyone Today is Earth Day 2026. Appropriately, my wife and I spent much of the day in our garden. This year we’re making some changes in case there is a summer drought, so we can more efficiently provide … Continued

Main audience: everyone Recently my wife & I chatted with a young woman from Armagh in Northern Ireland. For me, the conversation was stunning. It landed squarely in my awareness of where my birth country, the USA, has gone… and … Continued

Main audience: everyone Let’s do a few things to brace while we can take our time about it. I’d rather do it now and avoid panic later. It not be grand. It requires foresight, thought & perhaps patience. It isn’t … Continued

Main audience: everyone I have struggled to find words for news that seemed to come from every corner over the past few days… until it occurred to me how the news stories connect with each other. They aren’t separate at … Continued