A Brief Personal Note

In some ways this blog is a public forum for the discussion of issues that affect us all, and in some ways it is a vehicle for personal expression, and in that light let me mention this. Last week my father was moved to hospice care and I went out to Phoenix to see him one last time. As it turned out, my sister and I were at his bedside when he passed away quietly Thursday night. It was the end of a good life, an inspiring life, and we will miss him.