President Donald Trump had a big day today, meeting Israel President Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, separately.   The White House called President Donald Trump’s Tuesday meetings with leaders from Israel and Ukraine "positive and productive.”     Trump then paid tribute to Senator Graham at his National Cathedral funeral service .  Netanyahu and Zelenskyy also attended. About the Iran War, mediators are trying to work out a peace discussion plan.  However, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei keeps saying his country has not asked to resume talks and has no immediate plans for a next round of negotiation. The good news, however, is that both sides have stopped attacking each other.  Yet, the Strait of Hormuz continues to be severely restricted and oil flow through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait is around 50%. I have been posting on my life, three phases, each 27 years long, and am now into Part 3, retireme...

But first, a Supreme Court decision today that will give Republicans a big advantage in the upcoming midterm elections and into the future .   Essentially the justices struck down campaign spending limits, allowing corporations to donate as any citizen can.  Further: The three major Republican committees — the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee — ended May with $256 million in cash and no debt. That was more than double the roughly $126 million held by their Democratic counterparts, who also carried more than $18 million in debt . The White House also, can more easily be corrupt, legally. One plus for Democracy is that, now, President Donald Trump will more comfortably allow the midterm elections to proceed on November 3, which is a little more than four months away. Who is the most popular politician in the USA?   From Time magazine. Nostalgia Tuesday is today, so back...

Well, Honolulu remains beautiful.  A couple of photos from where I sit composing this posting. There have been good trips and bad.  Since I retired a quarter century ago, the 50 or so I've taken have all been good to great.  However, I've been thinking about all my travels, and a few did not go right. Some particularly worried me.  For the next few Tuesday nostalgia days, I'll focus on the worst ones.  There was danger in Papua New Guinea, concern that I might not be able to leave China, an incident at Machu Picchu, Peru, the weirdness of Cairo, Egypt and scare in Delhi, India.  These experiences were sufficient so that I can't imagine my ever returning to those countries. The first I'll report on occurred in 2010.  This was a global journey, and here is how it started. Today, I begin my journey. I will visit Seoul, Hanoi and other parts of Vietnam, Cambodia, Chiang Mai and Bangkok in Thailand, New Delhi, Barcelona, Munich, Helsinki, Copenhagen, A...