Lacunae Musing

John Updike passed away today. I deeply grieve. I’ve read most of his works, particularly his novels, except his most recent one, The Widow...

It is early in the morning on the eve of President-elect Obama’s inauguration – in fact very early, another restless night. When it is so ea...

What a brave new financial world, one that can produce the confluence of a Bernie Madoff, his feeder funds, the regulatory (that is the lack...

In an effort to try to understand the more than $8 trillion guarantee our government has made to bailout our financial mess, I tried to asse...

Crow Island, Latitude 41.0612081 and Longitude -73.3906734, the epicenter of our boating life. This continues the boating thread that began...

As a change of pace – away from my normal interest in literature and biography -- I read Nassim Taleb’s The Black Swan; The Impact of the Hi...

The Associated Press reports: “Oregon looks at taxing mileage instead of gasoline.” Oregon is among a growing number of states exploring way...