Tribe. On Homecoming and Belonging. PTSD too

Tribe. Sebastian Junger

Admissions to mental hospitals dropped during the London Blitz. Psychiatric patients reported fewer symptoms. Suicide rates dropped too. The same thing happened in the U.S. after 9 Why? People joined together and shared in a common experience. It may have…

Dimbulb Donald Trump violates campaign contribution laws

Unbelievable. The Trump campaign has almost certainly broken federal laws by spamming foreign nationals in multiple countries asking for campaign contributions. Not only is this insanely reckless and stupid, it was certain to be found out and clearly shows a…

Brexit as Black Swan

The Brexit referendum was engineered by and due to a split in the Conservative Party. No one expected it to win. Insanely, neither Conservatives or Labour had contingency plans for what to do if Brexit won. Now Britain is a…

Brexit vote was a Humpty Dumpty moment

humpty dumpty

Things probably won’t ever be the same for Britain, even if Brexit doesn’t happens. The well has been poisoned. The EU has no reason to trust England (specifically England) on anything now. Further, Junker et al plan to make things…