All Hail the King! The Republican National Convention was an unprecedented misuse of the power and institutions of our democracy.   It felt as if he has set himself up as the King of America. The last one I remember acting that way was Garfield Goose. A Short Video History of His Reign The artistry … Continue reading September 2020

“Why? Because I’m the Dad” That’s what I told my young children when all else failed. I listened to my dad most of the time.  It was hard not to: He was 6’2” and I was under five feet until I was 13.  He was bigger and louder.  And funny…he told story-jokes. He never lost … Continue reading August 2020

Speculate with Me Briefly      Here we are, 126 days before the 2020 presidential election.  t seems to be a foregone conclusion that it will be a contest between the incumbent, Donald John Trump (family name Drumpf), whose only stint in public office has been the past 41 awful months as President, and Joseph … Continue reading July 2020

Why I’m Late Every day for the last two weeks, I’ve been struggling to write about what’s going on in America and the world, trying to get it as right as I can before sending it to you. This first item for the June PY-O-MY Letter/Weinberg House Organ has been rewritten multiple times as the … Continue reading June 2020

I consider myself the luckiest guy on the face on earth in this pandemic*           Eleanor and I left for our long-delayed four-week trip to Fiji, Australia (Melbourne, Tasmania, Sydney) and New Zealand on February 24, before almost anyone knew any of this was going to happen. We wound up staying … Continue reading May 2020

WWC: A Time Unlike Any Other 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 … Continue reading April 2020

It’s About Time We 70-somethings have a different perception of time than we used to. Bill Veeck said, “For babies, time is infinite. They have all the time in the world.  For older people, time is more precious. They sleep lots less because they might miss something. You can’t stretch time yourself…it’s finite.” Adam Schiff, manager … Continue reading February 2020

The 2020 New Year Edition ​Highlights from 2019 PY-O-MY Letters and My 2020 Wish List My wishes for the New Year Healthy 2020 to everyone I love and have loved: -my biological kids, their two kids -my four stepchildren and their ten kids (in Alaska, Montana and ​Highland Park) -Eleanor and her three (in Brooklyn and Kentucky) … Continue reading January 2020