You probably know that the Bible often uses metaphors. One widely known metaphor is snake/serpent. It first appears in Genesis 3. That...

My first thought about fighting evil happened about ten years ago. An idea came to me: how about trying to get rid of Marxism? According...

全世界穆斯林人数众多，派别也很多，而恐怖组织和个人（现在还）是极少数。鉴别恐怖组织和个人具有很大的理论和实践意义。但这类鉴别很难很难。只有对伊斯兰教有比较深入的了解，才可能分辨伊斯兰恐怖主义和思想。即使对于专业人士来说，这类工作仍然很难。例如不久前英国澳洲各发生一起穆斯林发...

要懂得伊斯兰恐怖主义，必须学习一些伊斯兰历史。对于华人来说，中东历史很不容易了解。中东历史本身就十分复杂，加上华人对其它文明的了解常常仅仅知道皮毛或限于某个方面，极少有大陆人真正懂得中东历史。例如一大陆著名教授的一篇被追捧的讲话，开头一段就有许多严重错误[1]。限于时间我没...

什么是国家？或者说国家是什么？许多华人都搞错。大陆人常常错的更离谱。大概主要原因有两方面。一是中英文（或者说中文西文）的差别。中文的国家对应两个英文词：nation, nation-state。另外一个原因是中共常常有意混淆词汇的意义。在<...

AI Stock Investment: One Year Later 2-25-2024 More than one year has passed since OpenAI bursted to the scene. It did not take long for...

As you may be aware, talk of AI has attracted a great deal of attention in media, business, and investment. Some say that this is pure...

This post is written for someone who is preparing his/her career, such as a school leaver or a university student. It also may help...

耶稣说，只有生病的人才需要医生。我们病了吗？圣经告诉我们每个人都是罪人，因此需要救赎。罗马书3:10是这样说的：“10就如经上所记、没有义人、连一个也没有． 11没有明白的、没有寻求　神的．” 在一些文化里（如中国文化）SIN...

I will write in English because many of the next generations cannot read Chinese. Some references are, however, in Chinese. If you...

I was not planning to write more on economy and market. For most of you, you only need index investing and forget the rest. The reason...

This writeup is to call your attention to the book by Samuel Huntington, Who Are We? [1]. In my opinion, every immigrant and next...

I would like to comment on the documentary about Billy Graham (available SBS on demand for 3 months). But first I wish to share my...

This would be my last update of this cycle. It does not mean smooth sailing from now on but the worst is probably behind us. Let me...

This note updates the note of 7-31, mainly as a caution if you want to buy stocks. If you invest long term and through the SP500 index,...

A brief comment on inflation. The cause of inflation is explained in (Understand Inflation 2022 https://jiahan1.wixsite.com/my-site-2/po...

Jia L (John) Han written 6-16-2022 Great economist Milton Friedman said, “Inflation is caused by too much money chasing after too few...

Jia L (John) Han (written 6-15-2022) Everyone should learn the basics of investment. If you live under communist rule, the government...

Jia L Han First, I write this series mainly in English. Why? Because it is fast to type in English (I have only limited time). In...