My blog was hacked by the Russians. I know. When I admit the breach, I can hear people thinking, “Who would want to hack her blogs? Who reads them?” Well, I was hacked. But why, I don’t know. As to the number of people who read my blogs, let’s say it’s more than
Not long ago I sat down to lunch with a woman in our community prominent for her advocacy for Hispanic causes — be it for the farm worker or the illegal migrant and everyone in-between. I admire her as a savvy, caring business women. Imagine my surprise , during the co
Watching the presidential debates is a bit like experiencing shock and awe. Despite fact checkers, Trump persists in his claim that Hillary Clinton was the first to cast doubts on Barrack Obama’s citizenship. But why blame Trump for the lunacy in the world? He didn’t inven
I was thinking about the geological strata the other day and the way each level tells a different story about the earth’s development. What interested me was the thought these strata never mix except at a time of cataclysmic upheaval. In a way, social classes are similar. A
I don’t wear much jewelry, costume or otherwise. When I was in public life, I bought a few nice pieces, mostly turquoise, which I picked up during my visits to Arizona. At the time I started collecting, the stone was semi-precious. Now, with dwindling quantities, it’s become
When a new president takes over the White House in 2017 not much will have changed except the occupant. The world will be the old world still. Russia, China and North Korea will continue to flex their nuclear muscles and, I suspect, Palestinians and Israelis will continue to speak w
Women may owe a debt to Donald Trump. He’s done more to energize our sex in this election than the simple fact that for the first time in our history, we have a woman at the top of a major political party’s ticket. The last time women were so energized was after Anita Hill
I wish Hillary hadn’t said it. Calling a person “deplorable” doesn’t invite discussion. True, deplorable people exist, but that’s the point. They exist. The question is how to deal with them. Making them feel like pariahs exacerbates the problem because they feel l
In October a change goes into effect concerning money market mutual funds. From an earlier blog (9/9/16), you may remember mutual funds are counted as runnable debt, accounts not insured by the FDIC but are part of a bank’s debt obligations. To shore up a bank’s ability to wit
Mark Cuban, billionaire NBA team owner, came out strong for Donald Trump, calling him “probably the best thing to happen to politics in a long, long time.” (“A Billionaire Changes his Mind,” by Ira Boudway, Bloomberg Businessweek, Sept. 19-25, 2016, pg. 35.) What attracted