Posted August 31, 2018 in Monthly News

Hidden Figures

I borrow my title from a well-known movie, Hidden Figures, which tells the story of black women mathematicians who did a lot of the essential calculations for early space missions back before we had much in the way of integration. In spite of the critical role they played, the women were kept out of sight […]

Posted March 31, 2016 in Uncategorized

Vote II

Those of you who know both Debra and me won’t be surprised to learn that we have different ideas about voting. We agree that politics is “outside the vortex.” My sense is that a lot of life is outside the vortex, from banking and investing to modern techniques of food production.

Nevertheless, I […]