Stephen's Thoughts

Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget - lest we forget.

Great driving experience.

"Darwin's Doubt" opened my mind to the incredible, information rich, complexity of life, and how randomness alone may not be enough to explain it.

Citi's risk schizophrenia did not augur well, I felt, for bank's future success.

Brings feelings of hope and excitement about a future that Bishop won't see.

Well prepared and well disciplined students. Often oxymoron elsewhere, but, not here.

Lewis writes a paean to big government as he scores Trump for ignoring the benefit that it does.

Three very effective Halloween costumes.

I loved being their child because it was so pleasant to be with them.
Joyce DeWitt Thompson.

Joyce, sister to Mom, was present at my birth in 1945. Until today she was the living person I have known longest.

Oliver Prince Smith, the Marine General who led his 18K troops into the Chosin Reservoir battlefield, and then, back out may be the most effective US general that you have never heard of.

But, trade wars and information wars are likely to escalate, rendering Thucydides prescient in ways he could not have anticipated.