Hong Kong Today Radio Three July 12, 2021 Host Mike Weeks and Barry discuss the significance of Sir Richard Branson’s suborbital flight, the outlook for equities after a surprise drop in the US ten-year bond yield, and Italy’s victory over England at Wembley. Listen Continue reading Richard Branson’s Flight Launches an Era of Space Tourism
The Daily Friend South Africa July 11, 2021 Is politically correct usage corrupting how we think and act? Read the article Continue reading A Changing American Language
WASHINGTON: What a surprise it was to find three of four fast food restaurants closed at a busy service plaza on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It was three p.m. four days before the July 4th holiday at the New Stanton plaza near Pittsburgh. Starbucks was closed as was Quiznos and Hershey’s ice cream. Only Burger King was open. Initially I assumed the retail outlets hadn’t reopened from the … Continue reading Absent Food Workers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
RTHK Radio Three, Hong Kong Today 6-14-21 Host Mike Weeks asks Barry about the results of President Biden’s European visit and the harsh words on China from both the G7 and Nato . Listen Continue reading G7/Nato Get Tough on China
A reflection on shipboard life, being a deckhand on a freighter crossing the Pacific, a waiter on North Atlantic passenger ships, and how seafaring changed with today’s massive container ships. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw8TmfZI6P8 Continue reading The Allure of the Sea
Barry D. Wood 