PERSIA

I predict the anti-theocratic Iranian people will rise up again, but this time they will have a better chance of succeeding. Iran is as close as ever in forty-seven years to being able to topple their ruthless theocratic government stuck in the last millennium. The...

WHY IRAN IS A FAILED COUNTRY?

By all measures, Iran should be one of the most successful countries in the world. It has a population of nearly 90 million people, who are generally well-educated. It has immense natural resources. It has 11.4% of the world’s oil reserves and 18% of the world’s...

ANOTHER LESSON IN LIFE

I have eaten raw oysters much of my adult life. I have been aware of the risks, but since I had no experience of getting sick from eating raw oysters, I did not pay much attention to that warning, thinking I must be immune. Our family vacation this year was to Hawaii,...