Update On Blog's Status -- September 7, 2022

I will continue to post blogs as long as I can find time and find adequate wi-fi.

It is family day at our oldest granddaughter's out-of-state university this weekend. It's a big, big deal. It's very, very busy; that takes priority, and my blogging could be interrupted.

I will read e-mail but will reply only by exception.

Comments for the blog will not be moderated or posted. 

By they way, with regard to comments, I generally post only those comments that have to do with the Bakken and those comments that "move the story along in a positive, educational manner."

Likewise, my tweets are kept to a minimum and only concern the Bakken.

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The Book Page

Link: Claremont Review of Books, Volume XXII, Number 3, Summer 2022, p. 27.

"The Road to Dubai: The United Arab Emirates' liberal authoritarianism," essay by Michael Anton.

Back in 2004 or thereabouts I had a close female friend who traveled with her husband once a year to vacation in Dubai. They were Americans, both Caucasian, he, enlisted in the US Army, she, Department of Defense civilian, both assigned to highest levels of government/military, and both stationed together, overseas, in a NATO country, not Turkey. 

They absolutely loved Dubai. For all I know, they retired there. Despite their government / military positions, they had no trouble flying in and out of Abu Dhabi / Dubai for vacations.

I don't "know" Dubai or Abu Dhabi or the UAE. 

Fascinating essay by Michael Anton. Linked here, behind a paywall unfortunately.

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Fantasyland

If I had all the money in the world, I would have a winter vacation home in Abu Dhabi (or would it be Dubai) and I would fly all my Scottish friends down every winter for a long vacation. 

• Abu Dhabi
• Dubai
• Sharjah
• Ajman
• Ras Al Khaima
• Umm Al Quwain
• Fujairah

I hope my nephews spend some time there during their college years.