Charles Krblich Chuck Krblich works in the insurance and reinsurance industries as a catastrophe manager. brownstone.org Il nous faut de l’audace, encore de l’audace, toujours de l’audace! (We need audacity, more audacity, always audacity!) Georges Jacques Danton Just a short time ago, on a Saturday, before
upallnight.tokyo “There’s something special about Japan,” intimated the old man, drawing my curiosity by letting the statement hang. “I’d like to know about that.” I eventually prompted after an extended pause, leaning in. “Well, you see, Japan has four seasons.” And with that, he sat back. The
Given the opportunity to take a short break from the rigours of the daily ‘kitchen grind’ and the accumulating stresses of the never-ending war between Israel and Hamas, we enjoyed a short winter break in the Austrian capital of Vienna. Vienna in winter naturally has a smaller volume of
by Danelle Morton and Topher Sanders, with additional reporting by Jessica Lussenhop ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: Train Country; Investigating Railroad Safety in America As powerful railroad companies race to
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com London in the autumn is decidedly pleasant. Despite almost annual trips to the British capital from the late ‘nineties ’90s
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com London in the autumn is decidedly pleasant. Despite almost annual trips to the British capital from the late nineties till
goodnewsnetwork.org After 268 days in his kayak, a 65-year-old has completed his epic ‘Reverse the Bad’ expedition, becoming the first person to solo kayak the Greater Loop across Canada and the United States. The journey of almost 6,800 miles (11,000km) required Mark Fuhrmann to paddle
Mahesh Muralidhar Venture Capitalist commonroomnz.com This article was first published by The Common Room “There is only one word for New Zealand – EPIC!” said Bear Grylls. New Zealand is epic. Our young beautiful country. Our modern-day democracy has punched above its weight and has had the confidence and
Monica Hughes PhD themariachiyears.substack.com A few months after moving back to the USA from New Zealand in 2021, I flew from Nebraska to Idaho to slap down a few thousand dollars cash for a 1978 Winnebago Itasca. Below are some photos taken upon purchase. It had barely changed
I always wondered why Bear Grylls never filmed an episode of Man vs Wild in Tasmania. Tasmania is, of course, famous for both its wilderness and its cold weather. But few people seem to realise just how much both combine to make much of the island bleak and inhospitable. That’
Marc Morano Marc Morano manages CFACT’s award-winning ClimateDepot.com news and information service. He is the award-winning producer, writer and host of CFACT’s Climate Hustle feature films. Marc served as a reporter for “Rush Limbaugh the Television Show” and as a senior advisor to Senator James
The Editor dailytelegraph.co.nz I am currently in Vietnam for a long-planned family trip. My wife is Vietnamese and we have brought our three-year-old son here to visit his grandma and maternal relatives for the first time. This is my fourth visit to this fascinating country,
Wanderer Part IV: Living the Dream The trailer was functional by May 2021 and I moved in. The layout pleased me but it was cold, so cold. Even with the insulation we had installed, the aluminium studs acted as heat sinks so the temperature outside become the temperature inside. I
Wanderer Part III: Building the House In Part II, we covered “Choosing the Vehicle“. With the vehicle in place, it was time to start building. Fine tuning the design and building the house took about five months from start to live-in. An engineer advised me to build everything in
Wanderer Part II: Choosing a Vehicle In Part I, we looked at setting the context of a life on the road. My context was poor-road, cross-border travel with no home base. I also had a few things I wasn’t prepared to let go of as little luxuries
Wanderer It all started with a cruise, a bit more than a decade ago. Looking for a different way to holiday with the family, we booked a small, inside cabin on a P&O liner, boarded, unpacked our stuff and spent 10-12 glorious days wandering around the ship
