I was born and lived in Hawaii for most of my life, but additionally spent four years or more in California, Louisiana and the Washington, DC area, plus two six month sabbaticals in Tokyo.  I graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 1972, so more than half a century has passed since I last lived in this state.  What has changed in Louisiana during this period?                                                  1972                         2026 Population:     3.76 million          4.62 million Black %                 31%                     29.5% Asian %                0.1...

Before my hurricane comparison, a few international developments.  I begin with President Donald Trump, here with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.  From  Time : Like other political and business leaders around the world,   South Korean President Lee Jae-myung   looked to lavish the U.S. President with a gift, a thinly veiled attempt to get to his heart. While some, like   Japan’s Prime Minister who met Trump on Tuesday , have lavished him with   golf clubs , and others have flattered him with honorary   medals and trophies , Lee presented the man who earlier this year   proclaimed himself “king” on a fake TIME magazine cover   with a gold crown . That photo above is gift of gold crown to Trump to commemorate a golden age of the Korea-U.S. alliance.  Note Lee's special gold tie.  A replica of a 1000-year old Korean kingdom crown.  Symbolizes the divine connection between authority of the heavens and sovereignty on eart...

Sunday is usually a spiritual day today, so I'll continue with something called the Super Bowl.  Of course, this event is not today, for Super Bowl 59 will play next Sunday.  The game itself, for me, is incidental to what I drink and eat before and during the TV spectacular.  I do this for special TV sports events like the Kentucky Derby. A long time ago, growing up in Honolulu, I listened ( only radio available ) to the San Francisco 49ers.  So they were my team. Then, I went to Stanford University in 1958, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that the 49er's games were televised in our dormitory TV.  In black and white. Returning home to work in Hawaii, games were not televised live. 1965/6/7 was a monumental period for  viewing football. The  first color broadcast of a regular-season NFL game occurred on Thanksgiving day, 26November 1965 . On  19November1966, Hawaii received our first live television broadcast  from the mainland, and it w...