Since 2021
By Ray Tellili (2021) Vaccine Nationalism is the practice of tackling the global pandemic with a nationalistic response when vaccines are in short supply. That is to say for example, that a vaccine producing country prioritizes its own citizens over those of other countries. Sounds reasonable, except where some countries had signed-production and delivery agreements…
(February) Is this the last we’ve seen of Trump’s rioters and that type of demagoguery? It’s hard to tell, but it might not be unfortunately. It all depends. Major mainstream political parties and democracies across the Western world should pay particular attention. Simply brushing off the rioters as just extremists or lunatics without addressing or…
January 2021 Cities that host the Olympic Games are usually really great places to visit since they’ve spent billions making themselves world class and tourist friendly. If you’re looking to travel to an interesting and exciting destination, to somewhere really quite different; then check out Tokyo! Even if you don’t make it to the Olympics…
(2021) Since moving to a market economy, China has dragged hundreds of millions of human beings out of crushing poverty, brought infrastructure to places around the world where no one thought it was even possible, and all the while, managed it in an orderly peaceful manner. In light of the chaos that ensued the Soviet…
(2021) The United States is not in decline, it is reinventing itself. As long as its institutions hold steady, it will re-emerge better off. This is not wishful thinking. There is no external threat to the United States; not Russia, not China, nor anyone else. While it is true that the United States is no…
(2021) The two biggest threats facing the world in the 2020’s are Climate Change, and Taiwan. Both are dangerous, but climate change is more of an existential threat than any conflagration in the Taiwan Strait. The world’s leading climate scientists are all in agreement — we are going to suffer more serious consequences in the…
By Ray Tellili (2021) With consumers paying more attention to their pocketbooks, the used car market has really heated up. If you have been thinking about selling your vehicle, now is as good a time as any. For simplicity, I will stick to dispensing advice as to how you can sell your vehicle on Autotrader.ca,…
The YouTube original American mini-series Cobra Kai was acquired by Netflix and is now streaming. Its absolutely hilarious; an absolute treat for GenXers who often get left-out, being as they are, sandwiched between Boomers and Millennials. The show does not take itself too seriously at all, and while keeping the viewer engaged, remains light and…