Dec 31, 2024 | Alan's Letter
A few weeks ago, I was having breakfast with my son and my nine-year-old grandson, Simon. Simon would pause from eating to work on a math problem with his dad, multiplying 2 three-digit numbers. Watching this prompted me to ask Simon about jellybeans, true story....
Nov 26, 2024 | Alan's Letter
What do you plan to talk about at the dinner table this Thanksgiving? The Dodgers…or excessive wealth disorder (EWD)?! This year’s World Series was quite a show, but discussing it could be quite divisive, whereas EWD–that a few people hoarding excessive amounts...
Oct 29, 2024 | Alan's Letter
One unintended consequence of this election is that we are by now overfamiliar with and becoming desensitized to things such as plutocracy, autocracy and even fascism. Autocracy, just a hop, skip and a jump away from plutocracy, is globally on the rise, as the New...
Sep 24, 2024 | Alan's Letter
I send out my letter on the last Tuesday of each month, so imagine my surprise when I realized last night that today is the last Tuesday of the month. I thought I had another week! This led me to ask: why did September get shortchanged by a day? In the very early...
Aug 27, 2024 | Alan's Letter
This isn’t poker. It’s democracy. And it’s time to take one’s 501c3 chips and put them all on the table to support voter engagement and election protection. The Crises Charitable Commitment’s mission is to encourage donors to simply give more, without specifying...
Jul 30, 2024 | Alan's Letter
Have you been reading the newspaper? What a month! I’m writing this letter on July 27, the one-month anniversary of the Presidential Debate, and I’m asking myself: When was the last time we’ve experienced thirty days like the last thirty?! The debate; the withdrawal...
