FridayOne of the great privileges that any literate man or woman or transgender can have is to read Gibbon’s Decline…

Sunday My brain is racing. I have too much on my mind. Money, money, money. No, not my own money,…

FridayA trip up to the charming town of Sandpoint. It went well except that our flight from SEA to Spokane…

Actor and comic genius Robin Williams was found dead in his home this morning of an apparent suicide. He was…

So, now it’s forty years since Richard Nixon resigned. The Peacemaker. Humiliated. Spat on by people not worthy to empty…

WednesdayI was driving through Sandpoint today listening to the BBC. The weather was perfect, warm cloudless skies, light breeze, no…

Saturday Dies irae. Alex and I got into Sandpoint late last night. Our connection in Seattle was quite delayed. That…

Monday Here I am in New York City. The weather is perfect. Last night I had a fine flight up…

Tuesday–July 29, 2014 It is all happening again. Wild anti-Jewish mobs shouting, “Death to the Jews” in Berlin, threats against…

Sunday—Beverly Hills I awakened this morning to a cloudy sky. Off to swim while pausing every minute or so to…