Sally Ride, First American Woman In Space, Is Dead

I’m never going to be a Californian, but at least now I can say I am definitely a resident. Today is the day when I got California license plates. I forlornly removed the old plates… … and put on a set  [more...]

So, what’s new with you? I’m still living in a public thoroughfare, with people in and out all the time. At last count, there have been at least 70 parties in and out since Friday. As I write this, there is  [more...]

I always loved Mary McGrory’s writing in the Washington Post, especially her clever ways of skewering pomposity and the billowing hot air from the right. Mary died last night at 85, and her obituary in the  [more...]