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With apologies to James Baldwin for using his 1962 title to caption this post, I’ll share a few comments on a trip that Penelope and I made to the United Kingdom in October.  I emphasize both words, united and kingdom, since both contain … Continue reading →

It’s now a few days after the election of 2012 and I’m still searching for something to be optimistic about in the results.  As I suggested in recent posts, this was to be an opportunity for a choice about the … Continue reading →

It’s the day before election day and like, I’m sure, most Americans, I’m exhausted by this presidential campaign…eager for it to be over, almost regardless of who wins the White House.  I yearned, throughout, for a more substantive discussion of … Continue reading →

Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate will, we can hope, move this Presidential campaign beyond trivia, name calling, and defamation.  The American people are hungry for genuine consideration of serious policy choices and are capable of discerning … Continue reading →

If I were Romney, I would publish the tax returns that his political opponents are clamoring for…but not because he has a duty to do so; but only to get this issue behind him.  And I wouldn’t do it in … Continue reading →

Only a little over two weeks since Aurora, (see post of July 22, 2012) America again faces the pain and frustration of a mass shooting. What incredibly sad irony, the killing and wounding of Sikhs, and first responder police, within … Continue reading →

This weekend’s events in Aurora, Colorado are tragic, senseless, and, I think, should make us all very angry on two fronts. Where are our cultural leaders daring to speak out about the glorification of violence that, in deeply sad irony, was on … Continue reading →

I’ve recently reviewed what I wrote on this topic more than two years ago (Solving the Health Care Mess,  March 3, 2010), and am even more convinced that I was onto the right combination of solutions.  This past week’s Supreme … Continue reading →

Direct from the Asia Foundation meeting, about 30 of us continued on to Ulaan Baator (“UB”), Mongolia’s modern capital and home to nearly half of its people. As we approached the grey/brown landscape of central Mongolia by air, the plane … Continue reading →

Travelled to Beijing with the Asia Foundation and to meet again with my Chinese friends in FPSB-China. First, I must acknowledge the great hospitality of my FPSB colleagues in China.  As before, a party of officials greeted Penelope and me … Continue reading →