david_grigg2Editor’s Note: Welcome to our newest contributor, David Grigg.  You will find David’s bio at the end of the post.  Suffice it to say that he is from Australia – my favorite country.  If I were 30 years younger I would be from there too!  PB Our present world has been shaped by a series of historical accidents that became entrenched in boundaries which now make little sense. In 1494, Pope Alexander VI settled an argument between the great exploring nations of Spain and Portugal by ruling a line down the middle of the Atlantic.  All newly discovered lands to the...