My Week With Pierre Trudeau

My Week With Pierre Trudeau

NOTE:  Click on the highlighted links for sources and further information. Pierre and Justin Trudeau, the father and son Prime Minister team, were blessed with good luck as well as good looks. When Trudeau the elder ran for PM of Canada, Nixon and Humphrey were...
A House Divided

A House Divided

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it...
JP’s Books

JP’s Books

UPDATE:  And now, there is this fascinating fact:  New Study Links Reading More Books To Longer Lifespan I have a friend.  Let’s just call him JP.  He’s a little older than I am and much smarter.  He’s cleaning house, disposing of the books he’s kept for years,...
I Am a Computer Simulation

I Am a Computer Simulation

I woke up this morning in a fright, woke up from a long dream in which I imagined I was a computer simulation.  And now, and now I’m not sure if I’m dreaming this that I’m writing and if the dream was reality or the other way around. I’m not crazy.  Please do not...
Cow Hollow Bartender Assaults Seniors

Cow Hollow Bartender Assaults Seniors

DORIAN bartender Jacob Ring, “Torito” to his friends, was up to his usual tricks Saturday night.  The youthful looking thirty-eight year old was once again serving drinks to senior citizens as if they were normal people.  No matter the four unsuspecting seniors were...
L’Osteria

L’Osteria

I don’t do restaurant reviews.  This is an exception.  I expect there will be more.  San Francisco is a special place for me.  I remember as a young boy first visiting San Francisco with my father sixty years ago.  He was the owner of a restaurant and hotel in the...