What are you reading? Steve Jobs
I am reading the biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson which I recommend from a number of viewpoints. First, it’s well researched...
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Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was born 100 years ago. This anniversary probably popped up on “on this day” web sites and journalists paid by the number...
Gun Debate
I am disappointed at the noise about the role of guns in the recent tragedies in Connecticut, Colorado, and here in Seattle. I am one...
Sixty-four and three-quarters
I applied for Medicare today. One is eligible at age sixty-five, but you apply three months before that momentous birthday. It’s all done...
Podcasts
Yes, an entire year since the last post. Not that I haven’t had anything to write, I just haven’t written it here. Here’s hoping I do...
Don’t Settle?
The unfortunate passing of Steve Jobs has highlighted his accomplishments and his vision. But one bit of of his wisdom might require some...
Another Voice
I recently published, via Amazon.com’s print-on-demand program Create Space, my historical novel Down The River. The story grew out of my...
Justice?
The recent demise of Osama Bin Laden has caused many to declare that justice has been done. Even the president says this. Calling the...
Published
My novel Down The River is now available through Amazon.com. A Kindle version will also be available soon. Buy it. Read it. Review it....
What are you reading?
About everything I can get my WiFi around. The Kindle Santa brought me has transformed my lierary life. I have purchased and downloaded a...
Silliness Within the Sadness
The recent tragedy in Tucson didn’t bring an end to the silliness that has inspired my posts recently. First the Sheriff of Pima County...
Captain – Not
More silliness. Although I will grant the U.S. Navy absolute discretion in who they appoint as captains of their warships I wonder if the...
PC Huckleberry Finn
The news item about a publisher cleaning up Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn to eliminate references to “the N-word” is both laughable and...
Another video lynching
In the aftermath of the tragic death of Oscar Grant at the hands of a Bay Area Rapid Transit policeman on New Year’s 2009, Officer...
And now for something political
Today I read of a measure filed in the House to enact a Constitutional amendment called the Repeal Amendment (New York Times, Kate...
Power For The People: A History of Seattle City Light
Yesterday Mind Over Matter host Diane Horn interviewed me on KEXP Radio FM 90.3 about my history of Seattle City Light. Click here to go...
Deficit cutting
What a boring topic amid a week of news about presidential trips abroad, the GOP taking over the House, and, as always, the pundits...
Political Coverage
I may be in a tiny minority, but I just don’t accept what is being reported and analyzed about the outcome of the midterm elections. I...
Publishing Update
The two books I did with the late Walt Crowley several years ago are now available through University of Washington Press. Power For The...
On the air
Hot on the heels of the radio interview I appeared on KCTS Channel 9, our local PBS station. They are having a pledge drive and aired the...