Category Archives: nuclear weapons abolition

I was delighted to read the front page article in yesterday’s Boston Globe about Jim Muller, a good friend of mine, regarding the importance of US-Russian cooperation to prevent nuclear war. Jim is a cardiologist and researcher who also speaks fluent Russian and has spent decades working against nuclear weapons. (In 2018 I was aContinue reading “Dr. Jim Muller in the Boston Globe”

East-West tensions are escalating, as Russian nuclear forces are on high alert following Western sanctions that forced the Central Bank to raise its key rate to save the ruble. Meanwhile, gunfire continues in and around the Ukrainian capital. If Dr. Paul Farmer were alive today, what would he say about these events? It’s impossible toContinue reading “What would Dr. Paul Farmer say about Russia/ Ukraine?”

Yesterday was another wonderful day, starting out with a jog from MacArthur Park in Koreatown down to the University of Southern California campus. Later on we found ourselves in Northridge and Porter Ranch, seeing family and friends, playing jazz violin, picking and eating grapefruits. One highlight was a phone conversation I had with Jim, aContinue reading “Porter Ranch, CA”