My New Friend

We have been at sea for a week for a special celebration that merited special recognition and an extraordinary response with the closest of friends. As we begin these last decades of life and marriage, we are compelled to try new things: a cruise ship, the teas and...

The Memo

I have read the Congressional committee memorandum (“the memo”) just now released. As someone who understands the nature and practice of handling classified information, I have these observations. With respect to the declassifying and release of the memo, I do not...

Thinking About Not Thinking

It’s award season in Hollywood and I don’t watch those shows. I’m not familiar with what goes on there. For example, they had the music awards show on the other night. From the wall to wall commercials about that show leading up to it, I concluded I preferred songs...

A Nickel’s Worth of Free Civics

It was MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, the architect of Obamacare, who said the “stupidity of the American voter” was the reason Obamacare passed into law. I teach in University and I couldn’t get away with that. I guess you can when you’re smart and teach at MIT. Even...

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