What Do They Know? Why Governments Are Telling People to Stock Up

Philip C. Johnson, October 31, 2026 Listen to the instructions. Britain’s Be Ready campaign tells every household to keep three days of food, water, cash, medicine, a flashlight, and a battery radio. France’s Normandy region posted the plain version on October 27: “Do not wait for the emergency. Prepare now.” Japan will issue its own … Continue reading What Do They Know? Why Governments Are Telling People to Stock Up

Hiroshima: Places that Changed the World

There are places that bear witness to the actions of mankind and the complicated stories in which we all live. Hiroshima, Japan and the Atomic Dome is one of those places...

State of the World: January 2015 Update

January 25, 2015 It seems that since November of 2014, I haven’t been able to catch my breath - between conferences in Italy and China, teaching courses in Geneva and Kabul and research in Qatar, India and Kashmir, I haven’t had time to comment on the goings-on of the world. But I’ve been tracking - … Continue reading State of the World: January 2015 Update