Can’t beat this endorsement 1/2)“Dan Kobayashi a Substack that’s not like any of the other ones you read, or that I read. Red Sox diehard, knower of all kinds of amazing things about a continent few USians know much about, former US State Department employee, now stay-at-home dad in Switzerland…

How did a renowned author and sex-educator come to interview me as part of series of interviews including “Susie Sexpert” when the only photo in my computer that is tagged with the word “#sex” is the below admonition not to have it from a school in Uganda? Find out at the link.

At long last, a nationally renowned sex-educator wants to know what I have to say. And with good reason! Take a look at the scandalous things I have to say at the link.

Godspeed Bonnie Tyler

Vote for Binface. It's important.

Lot of sunflower fields in my village this year

A souvenir medal my grandfather got on the nation’s 150th birthday.

Your listening to a nice 4th mix on Spotify and then something called “The ballad of Kyle Rittenhouse” comes up, followed by Dixie. No treason music today.

It’s always hurt my feelings that James Brown doesn’t list Boston in Living in America.

It’s America’s 250th birthday. I love her dearly, but she’s looking rough. So I wrote her a birthday letter. Please click below to feel patriotism.

Rather, what made Jammeh a supervillain is the sociopathic preening, grandiose displays, and loud and vigorous commitment to loony positions that are easily verifiable as false. sPound familiar?

I just want to note that RFK Jr. thinks vaccines are fake and wrestling is real. He must be the dumbest person alive.

Mallorca is renowned as a party island, but not for two middle-aged men. We just want to eat paella and escape without an orca attacking our boat backed by @jamellebouie.net and his radical pro-orc anti-capital agenda See what to expect in Spain's "Big Island"

With Vice President Vance and Iranian Parliament Speaker Qalibaf in Switzerland trying to agree to an end to the war, I thought it would be patriotic for me to offer my house as a place to negotiate. The Qatari-owned resort is too cushy. If we really want a deal, we need screaming children.

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and— I said look. Look with your eyes! Oh now you’ve gone and touched it. The paint is peeling. My beautiful paint! I’ll have to call my pool guy back. Vandal! Antifa! I said look And despair Nothing but the algae remains.

I’m not completely familiar with the mechanics of surrender. Like when does the Ayatollah move into the White House? For the sarcasm inhibited, this deal is worse than the status quo ante in almost every way.

Once I did a magic trick in job interview and I actually got the job. Find out how, and what this has to do with Brad Swanson's book on Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing at the link. Also, in my classic roundabout way, a tribute to one of my mentors, Howard Leibowitz.

In tribute to Boston radio legand Eddie Andleman who dies this week, , here is his interview with wrestling legend Killer Kowalski about how 600lbs Haystacks Calhoun using a bathroom on a flight to Japan.It might be the best two and a half minutes in radio history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=76jh...

@dandrezner.bsky.social just linked to a recent I wrote piece about Chine in Africa. He used my super hero name “Jose Melendez.” I wonder if he understood that it’s a refernce to the guy we got for Phil Plantier. My wife says no sane person knows 1994 relief pitchers. I respectfully disagree.

Out of all the platforms I'm on, I think Bluesky is the worst at driving traffic to my substack. It's not good or bad per se, it's just curious.

(1/2)On my podcast appearance yesterday, there was a lot of discussion about whether US government officials were lying in promoting the narrative that China is engaged in “debt trap diplomacy” in Africa. Are they? expatriarch.substack.com/p/is-the-us-...

Why look, it's me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Qw...

Have you ever wondered exactly what I did for last 16 years? Have you ever wanted to hear me talk with smart people about Africa and China-U.S. competition within it? Listen to me on The China Global South Podcast! I'm so proud to have been on. expatriarch.substack.com/p/listen-to-...

"African governments operate within real constraints, but they are neither passive recipients of U.S. aid nor hapless victims of U.S. policy. They continue to pursue their own interests, make their own calculations and shape outcomes where they can." Great piece by Marisa Lourenço.

The Utah Senators say they're happy, but I'd note that DoD literally removed Christianity as a category rather than let the LDS in. And of course, still no Unitarian-Universalists.

Appearing on the Bill Simmons podcast, Adam Friedland said he thought it was weird and bad that Argentina is basing out of Kansas City for the World Cup. The man either knows nothing about Argentinians or about Kansas City. They’re going to eat KC out of BBQ.

I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but as best I can tell none of the LDS elected officials who are rightfully upset about the DoD not listing their church as Christian have said a word about UUs being excluded all together, nor any of the other religions that were cut.

Switzerland has a referendum coming up on to limit its population to 10 million people. Right or wrong, why does the propaganda involve French people jumping in a raft going over a waterfall?

Homer entering the ring to fight Drederick Tatum to “why can’t we be friends will never stop being funny.

The U.S. plan to stop issuing visas at all but 20 posts in Africa reveals that we’re no longer competing with China in much of the continent. How did we determine which countries keep visa service? My best guesses are at the link.

As part of building my personal brand, I’m leaning toward The Champagne of Africa Analysts as my slogan, put I’m worried about AOC problems.

I’ve been working on my personal brand. Check out my new slogans, past experience, and thoughtful introspection. expatriarch.substack.com/p/why-you-sh...

Does Trump’s split presidential term allow us to count him as the two worst presidents in US history?

Genava has effectively banned the “burkini” that allows Muslim women to swim while respecting the modesty rules many of them follow. As a foreigner in Geneva, am I entitled to an opinion? expatriarch.substack.com/p/should-ex-...

Senator Kim is, by all reckoning, one of the finest people in Congress.

A friend of mine who was TA’ing for an AmLit course found a copy of Moby Dick a student had left behind. It had only one marginal annotation, around page 100, that simply said “whale is important.”

Highly recommend my colleague Jim Pope's "Snubbed Landmark: Why United States v. Cruikshank (1876) Belongs at the Heart of the American Constitutional Canon" on the legal aspects of this campaign scholarship.libraries.rutgers.edu/esploro/outp...

Armed, uniformed men tried to change my religion in Washington, DC... sort of.

Look! It’s me! On a video podcast! With a famous policy nerd and another brilliant Africa analyst! Please have a look. I have a new haircut and a rich baritone! m.youtube.com/watch?v=PKzg...

Another reminder that I’ll be on Dog Shirt TV today at 8AM EDT 14:00 Geneva time. Please watch or share! www.youtube.com/@DogShirtTV/...

There's going to be a massive rally in Alabama on Saturday, the National Day of Action for Voting Rights. If you can get to Montgomery, your presence will matter.

Amen

Zambia has a massive corruption problem, but in the Trump Era can anyone hear the message from U.S. diplomats?

Former Atlanta Braves Manager Ted Turner has died.

(1/2) Below is an image from some reddit wherein presumptive Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner talks favorably about the execution of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) members in Bophutatswana, the Tswana Bantustan, after their illegal incursion and shooting spree in 1994.

With just a couple hundred more visitors my post about resigning from state can pass a post where I complain about AirBnB for my most viewed post ever. I would like that. Please share, reskeet, or read.

1. Where is Keytar Bear? 2. Who is this woman pretending to be wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes.

AVERAGE WHITE MLB PLAYER: has 18 latino teammates he doesn’t speak to, believes the 2020 election was stolen and is in a group text with morgan wallen AVERAGE WHITE NBA PLAYER: wokest dude you’ve ever met, has gotten into several fistfights over a teammate being called a slur, knows every nas lyric

When my brother’s family finally visited Switzerland, I learned the true value of brotherly love. It’s CHF115 ($125).