Short review of Brownsberg Nature Park in Suriname. The park is easily reached from Paramaribo and well worth a visit.

Suriname heads to the polls on 25 May, 2025. Will it plunge back into populism or has Suriname turned a corner after the death of Bouterse?

Suriname is my 182nd country!

French Guiana's population dynamics are - don't laugh - really interesting! They hold important lessons for Western economies.

French Guiana is a great place to visit if you love nature. Also if you want to see French foreign policy upfront and personal.

Trump only has limited time to secure his position of power. Will he stuff the Supreme Court? If not, me may be out sooner than you think.

Today I finally got to French Guiana, a country I have wished to visit ever since I read Papillon as a kid.

The Putin-Trump Pact is eerily similar to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

Trump has given Netanyahu green light to implement a final solution for Gaza. The only things standing in the way of disaster is Europe.

Trump is a modern-day Prince John and Musk his Sheriff of Nottingham. The big question is: where is Robin Hood?

Was Elon Musk inspired by state capture in South Africa to bring this systemic type of corruption to the US?

I asked DeepSeek how to beat back fascism. Here is the reply. Could you have done better?

The competition has arrived. American Big Tech AI monopolies are in trouble. And it is a very good thing.

The political mainstream is sorely lacking in confidence, vision, leadership, and ideas. Here is a way forward.

AI is a bubble. Data is a key constraint. Here are some thoughts about what AI can realistically achieve.

The power of US presidents to grant pardons is a legacy of feudalism. It is likely to be abused under Trump 2.

I have finally made it to Antarctica, the pristine continent. Go if you can. Before it is too late.

I rack up country number 180! And my 7th continent!

I left Twitter. Then I left Threads. Now I am on Bluesky. Why the social media musical chairs?

Tariffs! Trump tries again. He failed last time. Will this time be any different?