Good morning, The other day I was speaking with a friend who remarked, “I think it is really important that you actually number the...

Good morning! Today, something completely different... As I watched the inauguration last week, it got me thinking about the real “reset”...

Good morning! LOGISTICS The pandemic has focused us more and more on “logistics.” How do we get our electricity, gas, electric, and...

Good morning! We have been living in COVID anxiety for nearly a year and now we are living with vaccine anxiety. When the approval of...

Good morning! It’s been a crazy week of excitement to turn the page on the darkness of the Trump era and the reality that this is going...

Happy Weekend! POETRY I was particularly moved last week by this lovely poem, in the form of a letter from a woman to her late-brother:...

Good morning! It’s been quite a week in quite a month. I thought I would try to talk a little bit less about our troubles and the...

Good morning and happy first full day of the Biden administration, SUMMING IT UP First, a few observations from friends: From a friend...

Happy Inauguration Day! IN MEMORY First, I’d like to pause to recognize the devastation of COVID as we cross the 400,000 death mark (and...

Good morning, Only one day until Inauguration Day! As we enter the final full day of the Trump presidency, I have three thoughts. SOME...

Good morning, Happy Martin Luther King Day! MY MEETING WITH DONALD TRUMP It was some time in 1998 when I and a colleague met with...

Good morning. Short and sweet…no more “in his words.” For in but three days, “his” words no longer matter. I recall seeing someone at...

Friends, Happy weekend! POETRY In this interregnum between the armed attack on our Capitol and the inauguration of our next president, it...

Good morning! EXISTENTIAL AND MORAL ISSUES We clearly have major issues before us in strengthening our democratic institutions, climate...

Good morning, THE ZEITGEIST FAVORS DISORDER The most dangerous person in America today is not Donald Trump. It’s the next wannabe...

Friends, I hope everyone had a relaxing weekend. I am sadly amused by a joke I received on January 8th “I’ve had the seven day free trial...

Good morning! I feel like a politician. No sooner did I announce last week that I wasn’t going to let the Dear Leader inside my head than...

POETRY [i carry your heart with me(I carry it in] by e.e. cummings i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without...