It’s Not Just Putin BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here for downloadable pdf A great many things about the Russian invasion of Ukraine bother us, as well they should: the genocide, the war crimes, the images of starving children intermingled with […]
Perspectives: Berlin Redux
Take Back the Initiative BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here for downloadable pdf We must do more! What more can we do? These twin phrases have become a refrain throughout western civilization. We are profoundly aware that Russia is committing war crimes in […]
News from H2 Clipper
“How H2 Clipper’s Pipe-within-a-pipe technology could revolutionize hydrogen transportation” Academy President and H2 Clipper, Inc.’s CEO, Rinaldo S. Brutoco, was recently interviewed about H2 Clipper’s Pipe within a Pipe™ technology by H2 View in an article titled “How H2 Clipper’s Pipe-within-a-pipe technology could revolutionize hydrogen transportation,” where The Academy is mentioned in its role of […]
Perspectives: The Fog of War
We can “Walk and Chew Gum” BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here for downloadable pdf Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has captivated, as well it should, our general news coverage, our hearts, our minds, and our ability to clearly see the greater peril which is momentarily being obscured by […]
Perspectives: How the Marathon Began
And Another Example of Courage for Modern Times BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here for downloadable pdf The first battle of the Greco-Persian wars occurred in 490 B.C. in the town of Marathon, Greece. With Persians attacking cities all along the Greek mainland, and as Athenians […]
Perspectives: Grab the Garlic!
Let’s Reserve Resurrection For Religion BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here for downloadable pdf Here they go again! It never ceases to amaze how far Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), a “public utility,” will go in harming the public interest. Their […]
Perspectives: A Reason for Hope
On Conscience and Integrity BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here for downloadable pdf In the political swamp that has ensnared our democratic republic a glimmer of something we haven’t seen for almost six years is on the horizon: […]
Perspectives: Irish Fishing vs. Russian Force
A Perspective on Masculinity BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here for downloadable pdf A major battle broke out between a bunch of Irish fishermen from County Cork Ireland, and the pride of the Russian navy. You may have missed the news story, so it is worth […]
Perspectives: Green Is Good!!!
Healing the Biosphere One Step at a Time BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here for downloadable pdf Last week this column skewered the plaintive cry of the character Gordon Gecko in the film Wall Street when he propounded that “Greed is good”. In doing so we wrapped […]
Perspectives: Holistic Economics
No…Greed Is Not Good BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here for downloadable pdf Many people familiar with economic history are familiar with the huge influence that Milton Friedman commanded in our recent economic past. Friedman, an economist and statistician, had an outsized impact on nations around the […]
Perspectives: “Jabberwocky”
PG&E and Edison are at it again! BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share Investor-Owned Utilities (“Utilities”) are plotting to kill California’s solar program. Apparently, avarice, and the ability to get away with causing 85 percent of area lost in recent forest fires in California, are not […]
Perspectives: It is the best possible year for…
A time for personal bravery BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share Who was Martin Luther King, Jr? Why do we celebrate a “MLK Holiday” and is he still relevant in 2022? All great questions. Joyfully, the research to explicate those answers took a full day that I will […]
