Posted on March 29, 2009 by Scott
Somehow I’ve been given a new nickname, Javier de Jávea. Es un nombre muy fuerte y muy auténtico de España. Me gusta mi nombre nuevo. ¡Soy Javier!
Dee and I had the extreme fortune to leave behind our two beautiful children (thanks Caroline!) for 3 days and 2 nights of sheer madness in Valencia during Las Fallas. We headed out, for what has been billed [...]
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Posted on November 23, 2008 by Scott
This is an update to my blog entry posted 23 October 2008. It seems the U.S. National Intelligence Council agrees with my assessment of the decline in U.S. power and dominance. A new report, entitled “Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World,” may be found on the NIC website. An excerpt from a recent article on this subject in [...]
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