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Today marked a month since my father's funeral. He died , at age 90, on September 3rd, and he was buried on the 6th at Beth Israel...

If you are like me and you grew up in Houston, you likely know about Marvin Zindler. He worked for the local ABC station, Channel 13,...

I wrote about my father's parents recently, and today I am tackling my mother's parents. My mother's mother died when I was in high...

Another half-marathon of a walk!

My father just died this week . As I said here, I will always be grateful for Joel Brochstein. I also pointed out that he had...

Last night, Joel Brochstein, born June 16th, 1934, passed away. He was my father. While he made it to 90, which was longer than his...

I just read about one of the worst things to ever happen on Wall Street, the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, which I discussed in a piece...

I was against aborting me, but I was never against the idea of abortion. I was glad when I realized that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a

My book is available in paperback and at a very low cost of $4.20 as a digital download, and it is free from 8/17-8/19.

In one afternoon, I walked from Midtown in NYC to the very tip, checking in on the three apartments and three offices where I worked.

I just got back from one of my favorite cities, New York City, where I stayed for almost two weeks. I lived there from 1986-1994, and my...

I wrote about my disease, bronchiectasis, on my birthday in March. I have been through so much these past two-plus years that my...

Hurricane Beryl caused extensive damage in Houston, though the center of its eye hit Matagorda, which is a little over 200 miles from...

My son gave me a book as a birthday gift, and, when I read it in March, I felt jealous of the author, William Helmreich. The book, The...

Today is the two-year anniversary of my exit from the hospitals after my tragedy on 4/15/22. I came home in a wheelchair, unable to walk...

I wrote about Harris Health as a great organization here on March 27th with great excitement. Fran and I had just gone to a studio to...

I am a white man, but I have never thought of myself as being just that. Growing up, I thought of myself more as a smart person, a Jew,...

In 2020, the George Floyd mess opened my eyes to something: We are still a racist country. His death stunned the country. It took place...

I wrote on my birthday about my disease, bronchiectasis, and how it has been challenging me. I discussed how I was diagnosed with it in...

I had always heard of Ben Taub Hospital growing up in Houston, but I never imagined that this hospital for emergency care would end up...