Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico's first female president.  When all is counted, she will get around 60% of the votes cast.  Sheinbaum was former mayor of Mexico City and will serve one six-year term beginning on October 1.  She is closely aligned with outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and will continue the favorable relationship with the U.S. Sheinbaum : Is 61 years old, and was born in Mexico City.   Her paternal Ashkenazi grandparents emigrated from Lithuania in the 1920's, while her maternal Sephardic grandparents came from Sofia, Bulgaria in the early 140's to escape the Holocaust.   Her mother is a biologist, while her father is a chemical engineer, like me.  Her brother Julio is a physicist. Her husband, Carlos Imaz, was a tenured Stanford University professor, but they separated in 2016 with a daughter. She will soon marry Jesús Maria Tarriba Unger. Has a PhD in energy engineering, and, as an academic, has authored over 1...

First, some good news about our economy that defies the belief of the voting public, for   62% disapprove of President Joe Biden's job dealing with the economy .  Well: Wall Street  capped its eighth straight winning week with a quiet finish Friday, following reports showing inflation on the way down and the economy potentially on the way up. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% to sit less than 1% below its record set nearly two years ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 18 points, or less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite edged 0.2% higher. On Friday, December 13, the Dow closed above 37,000 for the first time, an all-time record .  On Tuesday, the Dow closed at 37,542, now the all-time high.  The next day the  Dow reached 37,633 , closing Friday at 37,393.   On January 5, 2022, it almost reached 36,953, which was the all-time high until this month . The next three days will be devoted to Christmas, non-traditional, but hopefully memorable....