Happy (Early) Birthday Party, Dylan!

No photos this time but last night we celebrated Dylan's upcoming 21st birthday. A bunch of us gathered last night for a very nice dinner party at Bernal Heights.

Dylan, as always, is a charming, self-deprecating host, quite the life of the party. His big news is that he has been accepted by U-C Santa Cruz starting this fall.

His younger sister, Julia, has grown up into a lovely and articulate woman, gracefully answering the constant questions everyone asks her about colleges. (She's been accepted by four to date.)

Peter and Claire talked about their jobs at Yelp and Google.

Noting that David Rockefeller died earlier this week, at age 101, I told the story from many years ago when I met him in his townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan. He poured me a martini that he had mixed himself and we exchanged polite conversation.

Then I asked him about reports that his long-time friend, Henry Kissinger, had been indicted as a war criminal by the world court in Italy for his part in conductiing the terrible bombings of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in the Nixon administration.

"Hah," said Rockefeller. "Henry certainly is a war criminal!"

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Sophia Birthday Party #6

Happy Birthday Sarah Daisy!

Photo Essay: Family Party

Family Day

My sisters, Nancy, Kathy and Carole, are in town and we have been catching up on family news, recalling the past, and enjoying great San Francisco food -- Indian, Chinese and Mexican so far. We've also seen some of the kids but today everyone who is local is expected to come by. I think the get together may reach 19 people!

That is a big number for this small flat but the good news is it is a sunny day. So the little kids can play in the back yard...

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President's Day

My three sisters are coming out to visit next weekend and it will be the first time all four of us siblings get together sin many years.

This holiday honors Presidents Washington and Lincoln. Unfortunately the present occupant of the White House is a joke -- a dangerous joke. Virtually everything that comes out of his mouth is trash.

Working on taxes yesterday with my ex-wife, I said I expect Trump to be impeached. I don't know if I actually believe that or am just hoping, but we need a leadership change for this country to regain its balance.

Having a madman at the helm is hurting us in a thousand ways.

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What Is Needed Now

Angry white people have elected a horrible president. They didn't have to. They could have made a wiser choice. But we are now stuck in a very dangerous situation.

One of our reporters at KQED is in fact the first journalist to be issued a subpoena demanding that he reveal his sources by the Trump justice department. He will not reveal his sources, because that is our code and our promise. You tell us what you know and we protect you in return. He may go to jail as a result.

Now is the time for people of conscience to act. We have Congress (thank you John McCain and Lindsey Graham); we have the courts; and we have the press, which our so-called president has called the enemy of the people.

Make no mistake about it. America's democracy is at serious risk.

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