So, I just got back from lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel to see online a report that Russia is now shelling military and civilian emplacements in Eastern Ukraine. Two days ago, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Russians…
I am rapidly racing towards eternity. It’s astounding how fast time has flown by. It seems like yesterday that I was in elementary school planting bushes and trees and pledging allegiance and feeling unbelievably blessed that I was in the…
It’s dark now and for Los Angeles, it’s damned cold. I feel a chill. Is it COVID? Let us pray. Here’s a prayer for right now: Dear Lord, Thank you for allowing me to be born in the United States…
Saturday It’s amazingly windy here in Beverly Hills. A dry wind, a mighty Santa Ana. Scary, and I am already in shock from the death of my dear friend, Sally Burton. Let me tell you about Sally. I met her…
Dear Lord God, Please do not let Joe Biden send American troops to Ukraine to even conceivably fight a war against Russia. There is no reason for even one drop of American blood to be shed in Ukraine. Yes, Putin…
I’d like to start by talking about something my father said to me on my 50th birthday 27 years ago. Some of you will recall that my father, Herbert Stein, a noted economist from about around 1945 to 1999, was…
Can this really be? Can I really be 77? Can it really be that the President of this country is a smart but wildly uninformed man with no special distinction in brains or morals? Have we really stopped enforcing laws…
Sunday It’s Christmastime. This has been a difficult year for me for many reasons. The pandemic. Losing our rights under the Constitution in the “new” Biden America, where race matters more than merit, where law enforcement has been abandoned, where…
A sad day here just before Christmas. Joan Didion is dead. Please let me tell you about Joan Didion and what a great friend she was to my wife and me. I had been a giant super fan of Joan…
