‘No’ to Los Alamos
My father was a machinist who helped build Fermi’s lab in Chicago before the war. He told us he had been invited to go to Los Alamos to work on the gadget.
My father was a machinist who helped build Fermi’s lab in Chicago before the war. He told us he had been invited to go to Los Alamos to work on the gadget.
A headline in the LA Times caught my eye today. It is George Skelton’s article called “Why Californians are Fleeing this Once-Golden State.” While we’re leaving California, I don’t necessarily view what we are doing as “fleeing,” but I’ll describe our reasons and let you,… Read More »Fleeing California: Half Complete
We’ve loved our time in Sunnyvale, but it’s time to leave “Crow City” and move to Cullom, Illinois. There is more of a connection between the two places than you may have thought. The first ever investor in semiconductors and I are from that same… Read More »Eastward, Ho!
Why I vote…
I vote because we *are* our leaders and we must chose wisely.
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I was planning to let Joan Didion’s demise pass without comment. Then… As I close out the year with my annual ritual of finishing some of the many books I’m reading, I found passages in Ralph Keyes’ book, The Courage to Write, assessing and praising… Read More »One reason she writes
The boxing nun and the burned flag made me smile. Something in the news got me digging around in my office in my box labeled “Matt” and I came across them both at the top of the remnants of Matt’s life. My friend, mentor (and… Read More »Remembering Matt – at 25 and 40 years
Soon after I was sworn in on Sunnyvale City Council in 2017, the nation was still in shock at outcome of the national presidential elections. On January 27, 2017, I received a poem in an email addressed to the Council members from a Sunnyvale resident,… Read More »Hometown Racists
Yes, I have some exciting life news to share — earlier this year, I began work on a book with the working title of Virtuous Corportation with a goal of publishing it later this winter. It’s been a goal of mine to work on a book, and… Read More »I’m writing a book!
Our fabulous progress on the campaign over the last several days fills me with gratitude and amazement! More is coming! Over the next several weeks we will be hosting online conversations around areas important to all of us. Sign up for updates in the form… Read More »Campaign Updates