There is so much to learn about COVID 19. I think we will eventually be very surprised. Why are Korea and Japan’s numbers so low I think there are two reasons. They don’t shake hands and they wear masks. Handshaking seems to me to be a very efficient means of transferring the virus. Let us say … Continue reading
Category Archives: Israel
COVID 19 Exit
The purpose of flattening the curve is to make sure the number of people requiring hospitalization including ICU does not overwhelm the system. Assuming that patients will receive the same quality of treatment in that case, there is no benefit for flattening the curve further. Unless we get a vaccine, the majority of people will get … Continue reading
Piece Plan
I read the 180 page Peace to Prosperity plan. The bulk of the plan is in the first 40 pages. The rest are appendixes. I was going to write up a detailed analysis of it but frankly, it is not worth the time and effort. It does represent a fair amount of work on the … Continue reading
Tribalism and me
It has been more than six months since I have posted. One of you actually wrote to me asking me to continue to write. I began this blog in 2006. For several years before, I was struggling to write a book on the history of broadband. I discovered that at least for me, writing a … Continue reading
Jerusalem: It’s complicated
The status of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel has gotten a lot of attention recently because President Trump declared that Jerusalem was Israel’s capital while not saying anything about its status as the Capital of a future Palestinian State. The purpose of this blog post is to lay out some of the facts that … Continue reading
The Saudi Century? Part I
A Clash of Generations There is a lot going on in my neighborhood. The 32 year old Crown Price of Saudi Arabia is really shaking things up in the region. He just confined 13 of his rich and powerful cousins (many billionaires) in the Ritz Carlton. He closed down the airport where they keep their … Continue reading
Israel/Palestian Post Obama
I have not written much about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for some time. I was busy with the US election. The recent UN resolution singling out Israeli Settlements and then the recent speech by John Kerry at the UN makes me feel that I have to say something about this very complicated situation. Avram … Continue reading
