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• Two Airplane Photos

  

  On our recent Alaska trip, I took these two airplane pictures of my wife, Therese. The second one was on our float plane ride, in Ketchikan. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Observing an Alaskan Feeding Frenzy

  

  We did an Alaska cruise. Not our first, but it’s a way for my 95-year-old Californian mother to get the whole family together.She enjoys the shipboard slot... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Faster: the Pace of Modern Life

  

  I picked up James Gleick’s book Faster and read it slowly – something it says people rarely do anymore.The subtitle is The Acceleration of Just About Everything. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mind and – Or Versus – Brain – and “neuropsychoanalysis”

  

  This book was a gift from my wife: In the Mind Fields by Casey Schwartz. I’ve written before how the concept of the self bugs me. I keep pondering: what, really... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Most Popular Blog Post Ever

  

  I’ve been blogging since 2008, on WordPress, which provides a lot of interesting data. WordPress says I’ve done 645 posts and have had 224,000 visits, last... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• This is My America

  

  Ilhan Omar spent four years in a refugee camp in Kenya, fleeing from the turmoil in her native Somalia.On Tuesday, now 33, she won a Democratic primary for... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Our HUUUGE New Recycling Bin

  

  Who needs a hot tub?The City of Albany dropped off our new recycling bin. To quote a well-known local advertiser, it’s HUUUGE. I remarked that I could fit insid... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Payday Lending and Lawyer Extortionists

  

  Payday lending has been in the news again, with do-gooders seeking a crack-down. These are businesses making small short-term loans, to mostly poorer people in ... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Narcissist

  

  Having gotten much from Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence, I picked up his 2006 book, Social Intelligence, and found the following passages, in a chapter... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gregg Millett

  

  died August 1, aged 77. This was a shock. He was a friend of ours; in fact, he was responsible for our marriage, running Singles Outreach Support where I met... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• John Cleese: So, Anyway

  

  John Cleese’s memoir, So, Anyway, says, “I know this book is supposed to be an autobiography, but the fact is that most of you don’t give a tinker’s cuss for... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary’s Convention Speech II; and More Trumpery

  

  Well, Hillary did use some of the draft I wrote for her (see previous post). But mainly she insisted on giving the Standard Model Democratic Speech – covering... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary’s Convention Speech – Draft

  

  To: HRCFrom: FSRRe: Tonight’s speechYou didn’t use my last speech draft – but I’ll bet you now wish you had. So here’s what I think you should say tonight:My... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Males, Females, and Chicks with Dicks

  

  Some people believe God created men, and women; that men should be men, and women should be women; and everything else is wrong (including using “incorrect”... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Angry Party National Convention

  

  This is my 14th GOP convention. Past ones often reminded me why I’m a Republican. Last night made me wonder if I still am.The repression toward the “Never Trump... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Turkey’s Phony “coup” Plot

  

  Turks are out in the streets, celebrating the supposed triumph of democracy over a supposed military coup attempt. President Obama has naively congratulated... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Evaluating Obama’s Presidency

  

  President Obama’s approval ratings have risen as his tenure nears an end. That’s a typical pattern. And there may be anticipatory Obama-nostalgia, given his... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How to Invest in Stocks

  

  I’ve been investing in stocks for several decades. Here’s what I’ve learned.In 2000, during the dot-com bubble, I owned AOL stock, going up and up and up. I... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump’s Trade Trash Talk

  

  If America is murdered, it will be in the Rustbelt Room, with the trade club. Pounding away with that club is Trump’s only chance of winning.He exulted in... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Will Hillary Play the Double Women’s Card?

  

  The leftosphere is all aflutter imagining its darling, Elizabeth Warren, may be Hillary’s VP. After all, they say, nobody ever objected to two men on a ticket.A... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY