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In '2034,' an Admiral and a Marine Combat Veteran Imagine the Next World War Adm. James Stavridis and Marine combat veteran Elliot Ackerman are authors of "2034: A Novel of the Next World War." (Photos by Tim Llewellyn and Huger Foote, courtesy Penguin Press) 9 Mar 2021 In military time, a dozen years is not a large leap into the future. Most active American ships and aircraft were already deploying 13 years ago, and will still be in service as many years hence. So it's not surprising that the world of "2034," the apocalyptic new war novel from Elliot Ackerman and retired Adm. James Stavridis...

By Admiral James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman Penguin Press: 320 pages, $27 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Admiral James Stavridis had the kind of career for which the term “well-decorated” was coined. Thirty-plus years in the U.S. Navy, including seven as a four-star admiral. Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. Grad-school dean. Bestselling author and TED conference speaker on seamanship and geopolitics. Vetted potential running mate for Hillary Clinton in 2016. None of which, he conceded,...

New Systems – A Reader The recent Corona pandemic has made the question of economic, social and ecological transformation ever more urgent. Truly addressing the problems of the 21st century requires going beyond small tweaks and modest reforms to business as usual – it requires „changing the system“. An illuminative and provocative book has appeared on the topic – a first assessment by Professor Udo E. Simonis. James Gustave („Gus“) Speth, one of the editors of this new book, became world-renowned by several of his functions: as founder of the World R...

zog mir a shtikel Torah” – “say a piece of Torah for me.” He or she isn’t asking for a well-developed Halachic argument, a full-blown sermon, or an intricate comparison of two Talmudic or Biblical texts in order to derive something earth-shaking, universal or cosmic, like the Olam Haba – The Next World, with it’s related topics of immortality and the Time of the Coming of the Messiah. The person wants only something nice, plain and simple. Some mildly interesting insight, down-to-earth, and to the point will do just fine. It doesn’t have to be particularly clever, demonstrat...

The notable downtown Vancouver hotel is inviting guests to check-in with special room rates and then check out the exquisite wines of Martin’s Lane Winery and CheckMate Artisanal Winery in February and March, respectively, via virtual wine tastings with the pros. Each winery will have three distinctly different events highlighting a particular bottle from their collection, which will be sent to attendees in time for the tasting at home or left in their room at the Fairmont beforehand if they choose to stay overnight. In addition to enjoying the wine, people who tune into the tasting wil...