While making calls for Hillary Clinton recently, I encountered a man who complained that when president Bill Clinton signed the measure repealing the Glass Steagall Act, he created conditions that made the Great Recession of 2007-2008 possible.  Because of it, the man refused to supp

When I graduated from Reed, I applied for a job in San Francisco.  I needed work that paid well because I was saving for my  boat passage to England to join my  fiancé.  My first interview was with a company, the name of which I have forgotten, but I remember the interview was br

Who would have thought the life of former President Hamilton would make good theatre, or that T. S. Elliot’s reference to cats in, “The Waste Land” would inspire a Broadway musical?  Certainly, I’d have scoffed at either project had they been suggested to me.  That both thea

If you believe Donald Trump intended to incite someone from the NRA to shoot Hillary Clinton in his off the cuff comment recently, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to sell you.  Whatever the man’s flaws, he isn’t stupid enough to publicly engage in a conspiracy to commit mu

What is it going to take to convince voters that a woman can lead this nation?  I’ve heard  complaints about Hillary Clinton’s character, unfounded suspicions that have survived the scrutiny of a hostile Congress for the last 40 years.  I doubt many voters could undergo such sc

I’m certain I’ve recorded this story in an earlier blog, but it bears repeating.  Several years ago, two of my neighbors suffered from schizophrenia. They were bright and highly educated women.  One was a poet and the other an oil painter.  Though extraordinarily talented, both

When Prerna Gupta decided to take a year off to write fiction with her husband, the couple experimented by crafting stories for cell phone apps.  Though the pieces were short, no more than a 5 minute read, only 15% of viewers finished them. That’s when the pair decided to experimen

While having lunch with a former student the other day, I reminisced about my childhood.  Mine was far from ideal, being raised in Los Angeles in the 1940s and  subjected to racial prejudice because my mother was a Latina.  Nonetheless, as I approach the 80th decade of my life, I�

Like many people, this election year has left me confused.  Strong man Donald Trump changes his mind the way the rest of us change our socks, but he has been consistent in his view that America is weak. (“The Strongman Trump Wanted,” Excerpted from The Washington Post, July 20, 2

For proof positive that men and women don’t think alike, consider the way each buys underwear.  A woman would think twice before buying a bra over the internet unless she knows the product.  From cup size, to the underwire, to the straps that dig into your flesh, there are too man