The soldier stood firm, insisting I wear a hard-hat. For our descent. Of course, I hate being ordered around, most Americans do. It’s a blessing and a curse, our revolutionary legacy. So I descended, deep, to explore The 3rd Tunnel. North Korean’s spent 10yrs blasting though a mile of granite, to enable 30k troops/hour to cross beneath the DMZ. And launch a surprise attack on Seoul. The tunnel is narrow, cold, wet. H

When I grow up, I want to be like this cat. Not because he’s authored countless tomes. Nope. Because he insisted we do our call at midnight. After his dinner party. He’s 78. F’in love that. The West’s preeminent China expert. For decades, Middle Kingdom leaders have dispatched princelings, from Beijing, westward, to study under him. Anyhow, I asked five questions, then listened. “Eric, no one knows, we can only appro

Hope all goes well. Rode a bike to work. Yeah, doing my little part to push oil prices lower. You see, I’m short. Told anyone willing to listen, about Australia’s home price slide. And Canada’s bursting condo bubble. I’m short those too. Yeah, I’m shameless. And woulda sold all my stocks, but don’t own any. Turned out I wasn’t alone. Jetting to Seoul for a macro panel, then directly to NYC for the same. G

Tick tock. Goes the clock. Which one? Ain’t that the question. On Wednesday, mankind joined together, looked to the Sun. To watch Venus make its silent transit. Next time that clock chimes – 2117AD – we’ll all be ashes. Dust. Tick tock. Yeah, billions of us Sun gazers, adrift on a little planet, considered our common fate, forgot petty differences, celebrated. Yup, over the really long-term, Men share common go

Quick boys. Grab your Geiger counters. Goggles too. Things are getting hot. We’re catching Blue Fin Tuna, here in Cali, more radioactive than Iraqi WMD’s. And I ain’t trumping that up. It’s true. So what’s this all about? Fallout. Yeah, America’s getting Fukushima’d. And the only surprise is that anyone’s surprised. You see, some problems got real long half-life’s. They swirl, as Earth spins. Take Europeans: flirted

Quick boys. Grab your Geiger counters. Goggles too. Things are getting hot. We’re catching Blue Fin Tuna, here in Cali, more radioactive than Iraqi WMD’s. And I ain’t trumping that up. It’s true. So what’s this all about? Fallout. Yeah, America’s getting Fukushima’d. And the only surprise is that anyone’s surprised. You see, some problems got real long half-life’s. They swirl, as Earth spins. Take Europeans: flirted

“What is my purpose on this earth?” the Nobel Peace Laureate asked himself, imploring us to ask ourselves too. (Things went real quiet) “Money’s become habit, an obsession, addiction, both means and end,” continued Professor Yunus, Bangladeshi pioneer of micro-finance lending to the poor. (Heard a pin drop) Decades ago Yunus lent $27 to 42 people. Changed their lives. His too. “I spoke with banks, learned what they d

Pressed my face to cold glass. At 30,000 feet. Looking up. Yeah, the sky is falling. So say little chickens. Of course, they’re wrong. Europe’s simply embarking on another bitter fight. With itself. As it’s always done. And how can it be otherwise? Europeans hate one other. Always have. Always will. Don’t believe me? Read a book. Which book? Any book. But in the past, there was nothing to fight over, except for commo

Hope all goes well. London was great. Thanks for asking. Brought Mara with me. Brought the weather too. Sunny and hot. Which was quite a bit different from April – their wettest month on record. And before that, March, was London’s 3rd driest ever (1st driest? March 1929). Anyhow, everyone seemed pretty relaxed about the wild swings. Ya know, rain-on, rain-off. Makes you wonder if traders would be surprised by a tren

Hope all goes well. How’s your weekend amigo? Cool. Mine’s good too. Usual stuff. Family. Writing. Reading. Few vodka tonics. Saturday red-eye to London. I kinda feel bad for those policy-makers across the globe. No rest for the weary. Yeah, poor fellas up all night these days. G8. May 23rd EU Summit (18th since crisis erupted). Emergency calls. You see, the crisis is transitioning. To the street. Politicians are los