Passing from the popular scene without much fanfare is the VCR.  Japan’s Funai Electronics has announced it will stop making the machines because it has difficulty finding parts and because sales are on a sharp decline.  In its heyday, Funai sold up to 1.5 million units annually.�

When she accepted the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party,  Hillary Clinton admitted she had every intention of playing the woman’s card during the campaign. That’s code for saying women’s interests in health, safety and child development would be front and center i

I received a lovely rejection letter the other day for one of my weird parables.  The editor hadn’t a clue about what I was doing but wanted to help, perhaps seeing a glimmer of  talent.  He made suggestions entirely inappropriate to the genre I was inventing but which, I suspect

The presumption during the Democratic primary had been that Hillary was conservative and Bernie Sanders was pulling her to the left.  That’s not the Clinton I know but I understand why others might think it.  So far, she’s largely been judged by the men with whom she associates.

After the flap over Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s unflattering remarks about Donald Trump, I thought we had laid to rest the illusion that people, including justices, are impartial.  Certainly, Sandra Day O’Conner wasn’t impartial in 2000 when she decried that Al

Foreigners who try to learn our language will tell you the process is confusing because so many words can mean their opposite. To screen is  to look closely at an object or it can mean to hide it.  Peer suggests equality unless you are  referring to nobility which refers to great i

On Facebook the other day, a man confessed he was grappling with his conscience, unable to swallow his principles to vote for Hillary Clinton.  As I have a perverse mind, a syllogism popped into my head: Bernie Sanders is a moral man Bernie Sanders supports Hillary Clinton Bernie San

Today I received a call from a college I attended, thanking me for my charitable  gift.  As I am grateful for the education I received, a gift to the President’s fund seemed a natural way to show my appreciation. I’ve written several blogs about the good, bad and ugly of colleg

Last December,  Sequoia Capital chairman, Michael Morris told a reporters his tech venture capital firm would “never lower our standards”  to hire female partners. (“The Girl with the Gadget Tattoo,” by Erin Griffith, Fortune, June 15, 2016, pg. 68.)  Given that women are h

Francis Fukuyama has drawn an interesting comparison between the once US Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump.  In his view, both are populists  with a broad appeal to  low income white males. (“American Political Decay or Renewal?” by Francis Fukuyama, Foreign