The Familia Lodato, the one started by Sylvia and me so many decades ago, spent four days together in the San Diego area a couple of weeks ago. It was a glorious time, extremely well planned, with terrific venues, lots of laughter, warm discussions and a whole lot more. Most important it was a family thing. We have a grandma and grandpa, fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, grandsons and … [Read more...]
You’ll Be Voting for Trump or Harris
"a Harris administration, together with Joe Biden as the president of the United States, the Harris-Biden administration will ….." That’s the way Kamala Harris described her future relationship with a President Joe Biden (September 14, 2020. Biden said it also. Just one day later he referred to plans in a “Harris-Biden administration”, similarly suggesting that she was on top of the Democrat … [Read more...]
What I Would Do If I Were Trump
In debates or at rallies, no matter what the questions are, here's what you should do: Review what you inherited from previous administrations, including Economic stagnation Weak border security and massive illegal immigration Sanctuary cities ISIS terrorism Weakened military Skyrocketing health insurance premiums War on police and law enforcement + riots in the streets … [Read more...]
Venturing Out During the Pandemic
October 2020 Some may have concerns about our getting infected with the virus on our upcoming 4-day trip to San Diego county. The probability of us returning virus free is 99.97848. Here’s the calculation using statistics from SanDiegoCounty.gov. Over 226 days (thru 9/27/2020) there have been 1,453 cases of people 80 years old and above getting infected. The rate per 100,00 of these … [Read more...]
Mathematics and Me
I think I’m a Platonist when it comes to mathematics. Some scholars feel very strongly that mathematical truths are “out there,” waiting to be discovered. Platonism takes its name from the ancient Greek thinker Plato, who imagined that mathematical truths inhabit a world of their own—not a physical world, but rather a non-physical realm of unchanging perfection; a realm that exists outside of … [Read more...]
Meet the Real Systemic Racists Against Blacks
Think about it. Suppose you really hate blacks and want to see them suffer from murder, other violent crime and fear. In other words, you don’t want blacks to be at peace. And you want someone else to be blamed for the injustice and carnage. A logical answer is that you would defund the organizations responsible for their protection and blame the police for systemic racism – even though the … [Read more...]
The Dimensions of Donald Trump
(Updated 8/7/2020) I didn’t vote for Donald Trump, I’ve never been a democrat, and I long ago withdrew from the Republican Party. So, I took no responsibility for his election – either way. However, I have been driven to have a favorable view of the President by the behavior of certain sectors of the press and the democrats. Instead of offering solutions, they are behaving like small children … [Read more...]
Another Perspective on the Pandemic – Fear Vs. Danger
Most people I talk to in our retirement community are scared to death of the Corona virus. They are afraid they’ll get it or another resident will get it and the virus will “spread like wildfire” throughout the whole community. Some are afraid to venture out of their residences even while staying on the property. There is a lot of fear. This fear is amplified by what they see when they watch … [Read more...]
Short Version of Think Piece on Climate Change
[This is a short version (3 pp) of the original that is 16 pp long.] [Updated 7/24/2020] I’m an 87-year-old man who has spent a lifetime solving problems – whether they be in theoretical mathematics, operations research, business management, or whatever. Think pieces are defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as articles “containing discussion, analysis, or opinion, as opposed to facts … [Read more...]
The Noble Martini
For some reason I hadn't had a martini for perhaps a decade or so. The other night our cocktail hour host offered me one, (I actually had two). I was so carried away, I wrote to him the following. "Thanks for bringing the martini back into my life. I will never abandon it again. I had lost my way. My dignity has been rediscovered. The proliferation of martini bars and the offering there … [Read more...]
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