We are deeply sorry to share the sad news that a beloved member of our community, Isaiah O’Kane, Hunter ’17, died today from a serious subway accident that occurred on Saturday. We all mourn this untimely passing of a wonderful young man. We will update you as soon as we have any further information regarding […]
Family chef bows to peer pressure and prepares two kinds of latkes. Here’s my annotated menu. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2013 by
Meatballs (Lois’ famous recipe) Garlic knots (only in NYC where pizza dough is available on every corner) Crudities (so I can devour the hummus) ~~~~~~~~~ Roasted cauliflower/baby arugula/radicchio with smoked salmon on 7 grain bread ~~~~~~~~~~ carrot soup/potato crisps (memories of Sea Cloud voyage, circa 1992) ~~~~~~~~~~~ TURKEY (actually two turkeys, since we are 24 […]
It’s good to be home.
November 24, 2013 by
Every since LADY AT THE OK CORRAL was published in March, 2013, I have been on the road at least several times a month. I’ve been up and down the west coast, east coast, and a lot of stops in between. I’m happily grounded now, at least for a while. Here’s a few observations from […]
I love to vote. But the process is killing my love. Give me ten innovations to fix this ridiculous system.
November 5, 2013 by
1. I walk in, and someone has to look up the right district? table? for me to vote in. How about a big old sign — a blackboard — a cheerful map! That links the house or apartment building with the right place. 2. Now that I’m looking at ballots with six decades of service […]
Five things I learned from Red Burns
November 3, 2013 by
1. Nobody Knows. As in, where is technology going? Since nobody knows, keep asking questions, keep experimenting, keep moving in the same step-by-step direction known to all good entrepreneurs. The solutions — rarely obvious — will emerge. 2. Technology doesn’t matter, people do. Technology is always in service of human needs, like services for the disabled. […]
132 years ago: The Gunfight at the OK Corral. Why are we still talking about this today?
October 26, 2013 by
The OK Corral has stuck in the American psyche since October 26, 1881, when the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday strode down Tombstone’s Main Street and confronted a quartet of cowboys and ranchers near the O.K. Corral. Less than one minute and dozens of bullets later, three men were dead. Hard to believe that anyone […]
NO MISSION, NO MARGIN. Even nonprofits have to eat.
October 22, 2013 by
I like this “Red Hat for Linux” thinking out of EdX. Haven’t tried one of their courses, but I am inspired to do so now. Any recommendations?
Before they were victims, they were a family.
October 15, 2013 by
So wrote my daughter Caroline, when she posted this picture. We have had many a serious and sometimes contentious conversation about the unbearable weight of history carried by these pictures, and their best and highest purpose. I could not be more proud of her honesty and eloquence here. I know where Sala’s Gift has continued […]
Three days after #Gravity, 5 things I’m still thinking about.
October 6, 2013 by
1. Biblical Everywoman, Ryan as AdamEve. When she rises from the mud at the end of the movie, struggling to shrug off gravity, she is no longer the woman who was ready to die, she is reborn. But we are reminded to honor the cycle: Earth to Earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. 2. […]
Peaceful and productive conversation at Macaulay.
September 23, 2013 by
Many thanks to the 40 or so students and alumni who came to an open forum last week. Our conversation ranged from the seminar taught by Professor Petraeus to the values of the College and the privileges received by its students. Despite the substance of the conversation, the deepest connection in the room was to […]