In speaking with friends recently about the Covid-19 pandemic, I attempted to compare it to the impact of the 9/11 terrorist attack. They all felt that the comparison was hard-pressed. They pointed out how calamitous the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis will be. (Never mind how perilous the current state […]

(Originally published by The Sacramento Gazette on 12/31/99) As the days and now the hours remaining in 1999 dwindle down to but a precious few, one with an eye to history is likely to be perplexed, especially if one’s editor has requested an appropriate column marking the occasion. The difficulty begins with the question of […]

Elida Telfeyan died on Friday.  She was 97 years old.  She died after a short illness and a full and rich life.  Elida was my mother, and she was the person who, more than any other, influenced me in my most formative years to become the man I am now.                She was also a […]