The reports from the AI battlefield have been grim for the self-esteem of the human race. We’ve acknowledged defeat with our best chess...

In Bangkok, press reports of the bombing said at least 20 people had been killed and more than a 100 people were injured at Erawan...

Reviewed by Christopher G. Moore Ever since Paul Theroux’s classic Saint Jack, with its Singapore, appeared in 1972, and Jack Flower...

This week the producers of the Calvino series are in LA working to put together a deal. Maybe they will or maybe, as in the past, it...

Bangkok Beat ebook and POD editions available at Amazon. Reviewed by Christopher G. Moore The Bangkok artistic scene is a puzzle locked...

Albert Camus wrote “Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in reality,...

My last book of essays is titled The Age of Dis-Consent📷. This unconventional title calls out for an explanation. It is difficult to...

Harry Anslinger I’ve been thinking of winners and loser, peacemakers and warriors, victors and the vanquished. These binary extremes...

Watching the John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight featuring an interview with Edward Snowden in Moscow is a parody of Black Mirror,  the...

There are streets in Jaipur, an old Rajasthan city in North India, that seemed unchanged over long spans of time. You can spot a...

In mid-2009 I had the idea to start a blog with crime writers posting weekly essays about crime, politics, corruption, police, courts,...

I’ve been thinking about the current government’s plan for Thailand to create a digital economy, AI and H.P. Lovecraft. Digital is a...

Like most people, I have a great deal of trouble comprehending very large numbers. We read that there are between 100 to 400 billion...

I have a confession to make. I’ve been secretly dismissive of timeline photos and stories people post about food. If I really come...

The difference between a man with a big reputation and one with no reputation is very little. That is the stone I want to put in your...

Lake Wobegon is a mythical town in Minnesota. Garrison Keillor created this fiction place that is a shorthand expression for our human...

In every age the same question is asked when a band, tribe, or nation is confronted by a challenge, dilemma or catastrophe. If we...

Last light as night falls in Rangoon. Shwedagon Pagoda framed against the twilight. It is like watching a great diva knowing in less...

What we forget may play as large a role in our lives as what we remember. Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence, Paths, Dangers and Strategies...

Forensic science is no longer a mystery to the general public. It has technical components that require expert knowledge. However,...