A Man-Eater Named Osama: Tanzania’s Desperate Quest to End the Worst Human-Lion Conflict of the 21st Century (Work in Progress)
Here’s Chapter Two of this work in progress. (Chapter One is here if you missed it earlier.) All of this
Category: Contemporary Commentary
Thoughts on issues and entertainments of our day.
Work in Progress: A Man-Eater Named Osama: Tanzania’s Desperate Quest to End the Worst Lion-Human Conflict of the 21st Century
A divergence from maritime books, here’s a piece on my other interest: Africa conservation and human-animal conflict. This grew from
The Jones Act is Dead! Long Live the Jones Act
So our latest dispatches determine with conviction that half of America’s Jones Act cargo fleet is every bit as creaky
Congrats Fred Calicchio!
They called them the “Sailing Calicchio Brothers” because Dom, Fred, and Michael all were sea captains. Dom is famous among
An Unapologetic Plug for a New Non-Profit Maritime News Organization and Ian Urbina
Please join me in supporting Ian Urbina’s new non-profit op for covering maritime affairs, the law of the ocean and
News and Summaries
(Note: Restores broken link in Until the Sea Shall Free Them item sent earlier today. Apologies for glitch.) The “Sky
The “Sky Captains” of the NTSB Should Own Their Own “Walk of Shame” for Decades of Inaction in Major Merchant Marine Cases
Quite rightly, the NTSB and Congress have handed the Coast Guard some sharp public “dope slaps” this past week, pointing
Formal Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation Delayed by Possible Criminal Charges While Investigators May be Turning to Red Sea Dive Boat Tragedies for Context
The formal start of the Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation into the dive boat Conception tragedy is being delayed
Comments and News Summary: Was the “Ready Reserve” Surge More Like the Movie “Master and Commander”? Or “Weekend at Bernie’s”? The World Cup of Maritime Writing. And a Project Lighthouse Summary
Was the “Ready Reserve” Surge More Like the Movie “Master and Commander”? Or “Weekend at Bernie’s”? The “Surge” test
New “Ships of Interest List” Added to Project Lighthouse (El Faro)
Here are the Project Lighthouse (El Faro) rankings of the Ships of Interest List. They are determined by weighted scores