Corruption — Still a Global Blight After All These Years

Corruption has been with us since the first Pelican swooped into the ocean to bag his first fish dinner about 30 million or more years ago.  In other words, since the beginning of time. You’ll find references to its evils in the Greek and Roman classics, the writings...

Nationalism: Back Again Like A Bad Dream

More than a century ago, philosopher George Santayana reminded us that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” His words ring true today. As I’ve traveled the world for the past three decades, the growing rise of Nationalism on virtually every...

Let’s Keep Our Skies Open: Update

Roughly two years ago, I blogged about the Big 3 US Airlines’ (American, Delta and United) highly-publicized campaign directed at the Obama Administration to block Etihad Airways, Emirates Airlines and Qatar Airways from expanding their US route network (May, 2014)....