Marcus is smart, as are Markel and Le’Bryan

Great news not only for those of us who are Oklahoma State Cowboys, but also for three guys who made the wise decision to continue to enjoy the best years of their lives. Congratulations!! Oklahoma State basketball players Smart, Brown and Nash staying another year By Jason Elmquist Stillwater NewsPress The Stillwater News PressWed Apr…

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Holocaust Days of Remembrance

    This week marks the annual commemoration of the Days of Remembrance of the six million souls who perished in the Holocaust. Having lost twenty-five members of my own family in the Holocaust, it was my privilege to participate in two events honoring those who were lost. On Sunday, I had the opportunity to speak…

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Honoring Czech Holocaust victims

My native city, Prague, has failed to honor properly those thousands of Czechs who were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust. Now, to rub salt into the wounds of those of us who lost family and friends, city fathers are considering giving permission to build a shopping center on the site of the place where…

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Upcoming book discussions and signings

Prague: My Long Journey Homecontinues to generate a great deal ofinterest, and my schedule of bookdiscussions and signings is filling up. Here is a list of events coming up inthe near future: Tuesday, February 26, 1:00 pm:                Heritage Harbour Women’s Club,                                                                        presentation followed by book-signing                                                                        The Lodge, Heritage Harbour, Annapolis, MD Thursday, March 28, 7:00…

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The Long-Haired Cowboy — “Name-Droppings,” Part 4

In my forthcoming memoir (second of a series), titled Ready, Fire, Aim! Tales of Entrepreneurial Terror, I describe encounters with various famous people. I hope you enjoyed the first three, “The Blonde-Haired Singer,” “The Little Educator,” and “The Rocket Scientist,” and I hope you will like this one:THE LONG-HAIRED COWBOY              In the early 1960s,…

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“Citizen Havel” film showing on February 7

                                             “CITIZEN HAVEL” FILM AT MARYLAND HALL IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 7:00 PM, ROOM 308 ADMISSION IS FREE I will be introducing this unique film of candid moments over a 12-year span of the life of the late President Václav Havel – playwright, essayist, dissident, prisoner, and one of the great…

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The Rocket Scientist — “Name-Droppings,” Part 3

In my forthcoming memoir (second of a series), titled Ready, Fire, Aim! Tales of Entrepreneurial Terror, I describe encounters with various famous people. I hope you enjoyed the first two, “The Blonde-Haired Singer” and “The Little Educator,” and I hope you will like this one:   THE ROCKET SCIENTIST               My so-called “office” at…

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“Name-Droppings,” Part 2

A chapter in my forthcoming memoir (second of a trilogy) describes encounters with some famous people I have met during my life as a student, athlete, engineer, academic, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. I hope you enjoyed Part 1, titled “The Blonde-Headed Singer,” and I hope you will like Part 2: THE LITTLE EDUCATOR             In…

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