Lincoln on Wind Power
I’ve never done near enough reading in the complete works of Abraham Lincoln. I recently read the screenplay to Steven Spielberg’s film Lincoln (2012), and that was a rich feast. […]
I’ve never done near enough reading in the complete works of Abraham Lincoln. I recently read the screenplay to Steven Spielberg’s film Lincoln (2012), and that was a rich feast. […]
This photo of a young Bill Paxton seeing JFK just makes me miss him more. The Washington Post reports on that remarkable occasion. Sometimes you can sense the zest in […]
Elizabeth Warren reminds me a lot of my mother. An expert in her field. Unfailing reserves of energy. An ease with public speaking. Poise. Persistence. The America I love and […]
When I was a kid, my uncle told me about a play called Glengarry Glen Ross. I eventually came to love the movie adaptation, starring Alec Baldwin among others, which […]
Buckwheat means a lot to me. I saw him twice in Annapolis and I was so inspired that I included him in the preface to my bio on Lawton Chiles. […]
My sister Lara is building her LinkedIn presence, posting articles and poetry. Check out her excellent poem, “Summer’s End.”
My sister wrote a wonderful LinkedIn post about raising a bilingual child. It’s poignant and inventive linguistically.
Congratulations to David Murad, the new president of the John Dos Passos Society. I’m confident in his leadership of this special group. To donate to the Society and support its […]
My latest blog post at the U.S. Department of Energy is here. I discuss the Energy Department’s role in catalyzing New Mexico’s remarkable boom in solar energy. What a beautiful […]
It’s the middle of summer, the time when I inevitably talk to my friends about JAWS–about why it’s my favorite film. It was the first movie I ever loved. It’s […]