Can you imagine the day when Jamie Dimon’s yacht is taken away from him by a socialist port authority? Or better, when that cottage on the lake you only used a couple times last summer is expropriated by the local county?
Yesterday’s decision in South Africa to proceed with changing the constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation shows the desperation that societies which have progressed too far down the path of income inequality will go for recompense. Better watch out. It’s coming soon to your nearby authority.
Gov. Brown understands better than anyone in America what Climate Change means: “Things like this will be part of our future … things like this, and worse,’’ 
Rebecca Davis 
Last month as my South African safaris for this year were coming to close I had a startling personal experience that really challenged my current view that most of the world – not just America – is a mess.
At the end of six days in two different big game reserves in South Africa each of my two separate groups was beaming. They’d seen leopards, lions, wild dogs, black and white rhino, elephant, honey badger, multiple kinds of antelope … it was a dream come true! They’d seen everything in the wild!
The trip ended in the &Beyond Phinda Private Reserve at their Mountain Lodge. This is spectacularly beautiful country, and at the moment it’s lush and fresh. The massive estate is located in the rolling hills about 30 miles north of the Indian Ocean on the far eastern side of the country.
Our car skids a bit on the bend in the red dirt road that’s partly obscured by thick twiggy bushes. My fellow travelers ooh with amazement as the driver slams on the brakes. Cameras click in awe-struck silence at 17 wildebeest and 8 zebra. I feel the most horrible pains of homesickness.
Is a luxury train trip a good addition to a South African experience? My current group and my previous group three weeks ago both took the three-day/two-night Rovos Rail trip from Cape Town to Pretoria, my 8th trip on Rovos and 10th luxury rail trip in South Africa.
We wrapped up our touring in The Cape with a day trip down to the Cape of Good Hope and then a day in and around Stellenbosch.
So I’ve been in Cape Town since last Saturday, and it’s rained every day. Every day it’s been so cloudy, cold and overcast that going up Table Mountain was out of the question.
Sadness comes in many forms. It lingers much longer than happiness. The new ZEITZ 
As I prepare for my next group arriving over the next few days, I suddenly realized similarities between a pivotal figure in South African history and President Trump.
We wrapped up our 15-day trip to South Africa at the St. Lucia, iSimangaliso National Park. This was the first Unesco Heritage Site in the country and one of the most important wetlands in the world.
We just completed two nights at a lovely Drakensberg resort carved into a macadamia and lychee plantation that also grows and markets roses! The aromas – particularly now in spring – were fabulous!
Monday we spent touring what many South Africans consider the most beautiful part of their country, the “Panoramic Route.”