History shows that epidemics have been the great resetter of countries’ economies and social fabric. Why should it be different with COVID-19? -- Klaus Schwab, Covid-19: the Global Reset Recently, Tim Zahner, head of the Sonoma Valley Visitors’ Bureau, wrote a piece with the headline,... Continue
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Suddenly, the man who spent his time in the White House watching television, bellowing in the elegant carpeted hallways and salons, firing off volleys of tweets, and, need we add, inciting thugs to riot, is off the stage; and the world breathes a sigh of... Continue
I like to sit on my porch, on these beautiful fall days, and watch the ravens cavort in the crepe myrtle trees. People walk by, kids on bikes, a mom pulling a baby in one of those cute little bicycle carriages. The sky is almost... Continue
You wouldn't like it here There ain't no entertainment And the judgments are severe The Maestro says it's Mozart But it sounds like bubble gum When you're waiting For the miracle, for the miracle to come Leonard Cohen When I started this blog, not... Continue
Well, now we know, if we didn’t know it already: this country has been since its inception and continues to be a racist society. That, for some of us, may be very hard to bear. But we are also learning, since the ascension of Donald... Continue
This week commemorates the 75th anniversary of an event that shook the world and changed the course of history: the use of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Although it has long been claimed that the bomb ended the war, the work of a... Continue
Writing about anything has become just short of impossible for me lately, partly because I am not publishing daily. Issues seem to flare up and stay current for a week or two before our champion showman comes up with some new attack on all we... Continue