Welcome to a special edition of my blog series, “Artists & Innovators,” a series of interviews with campaigners, entrepreneurs, artists, and advocates who are solving problems with passion and innovation. […]
Now that Hurricane Hermine has passed through Florida and the Mid-Atlantic, it’s a good time to reconsider hurricane response policy at the state level. Veteran Florida reporter Bill Cotterell has […]
My sister Lara is building her LinkedIn presence, posting articles and poetry. Check out her excellent poem, “Summer’s End.”
Hurricane Andrew hit Florida 24 years go, delivering a shock to south Florida and to state government. It was my privilege to study the government’s reaction to the disaster during […]
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 […]
In times punctuated by American violence, I’m often reminded of the sheriff from No Country for Old Men, played in the film version by Tommy Lee Jones. Could there ever […]
Announcing the trailer for my forthcoming series of essays on film scores. I’ve spent many months on these essays…for films like Batman, Little Women, Apollo 13, and The Pink Panther. […]
