My grandmother cooked in her kitchen on a wood-burning stove until, at 92 years of age, she passed away.  Wood stove technology is not as simple as some people think.  We may have to learn it all over again.  Here is why: I recently read an online article about something called 5G and became aware that this innovation will potentially enable any large government, our own or our adversaries, to spy, hack, sabotage or otherwise wreak havoc on the entire world infrastructure of communication and security.  This is not hyperbole.  It is as real as nuclear bombs, and if not as destructive, it poses almost as deadly a threat.  Indeed, the 5G cyber-war might well spark a nuclear conflagration. The network on which cell phones operate is being upgraded.  That innovation will, as they say, usher in a new age of vast potential.  It can also be weaponized against us.  An enemy could plunge us back...(Read Full Post)