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Live or die?—the ancients say we will ALL die, unless …
If I told you to choose between two options, one bringing starvation and death and the other liberty and dignity, which one would you...
Hamid Rafizadeh


Message in an ancient bottle … should anyone listen?
I am always amazed at how good humans are at NOT LISTENING to ancient wisdom. We are superb at ignoring the past. The distant past is...
Hamid Rafizadeh


BALANCE or mutual destruction: LEARNING from Mr. Stein and not doing what he says
I had an opportunity to listen to Mr. Mark Stein, an eloquent and entertaining speaker. He said today’s society educates too many people...
Hamid Rafizadeh


Are You Ignorant of Earth’s Two Versions? The Scientists Are!
It is not that scientists do not have any idea about the earth’s two versions. They do and in fact have named them glacial and...
Hamid Rafizadeh


What Do Pencils and Global Trade Have in Common?
In my first grade the classroom was a small room, no more than 12 by 15 feet on the second floor of a caravanserai. The dictionary says...
Hamid Rafizadeh


Who’s eating my pastries?
The place I lived when I was ten years old I remember most. I call it my “village.” I learned much about life there. There I learned that...
Hamid Rafizadeh


Seeing Hannity in the mirror of the Sermon on the Mount
Why do I focus on Sean Hannity? Because he talks to millions every day. Why do I want to see him in the mirror of the Sermon on the...
Hamid Rafizadeh


Killing students at schools is OK
Are we ever surprised at trash cans we fill every day at our homes? We’re not. It is a normal part of our daily life. The way humans...
Hamid Rafizadeh


Destroyer or Not— Making Sense of Mr. Trump
Here are my thoughts. How can I make you understand Mr. Trump if you have not read any of my books and lack an understanding of life’s...
Hamid Rafizadeh


Mr. Trump and Lying
When it comes to lying, based on millennia of experience, humans have developed two prominent norms. The first: Don’t lie because lying...
Hamid Rafizadeh


The existential reality of “wealth”
In so many places we are told that “wealth” is bad and not to be trusted to provide the human with a good life. It is such a big ignorant...
Hamid Rafizadeh


Trade deficit in Mr. Trump’s world of the ignorant
I am writing about the human ignorance of “trade deficit,” the stupidity that humans exhibit when thinking about how humans share...
Hamid Rafizadeh


Teaching Everyone, Especially Mr. Trump, About Tariffs
I bet you would be surprised to hear that “tariff” is a device for managing the point of balance between producers of goods and services...
Hamid Rafizadeh


Why Do North Korea and Iran Want Nuclear Weapons?
To understand what they do and why they are doing it you have to understand “brute force” as foundation of human life—in fact as...
Hamid Rafizadeh


Which Book Do I Read First? Asked a Friend.
I have just published five books about foundations of human life. Four are already on Amazon and the fifth would be there in a week or...
Hamid Rafizadeh
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