A few bits of news first: President Donald Trump announced that a peace deal with Iran will be signed tomorrow, Sunday. At least it won't be another Groundhog Day, for some progress will be shown, such as another ceasefire, perhaps  discussions to open the Strait of Hormuz and some sanctions relief for Iran. Israel will not sign this memorandum of understanding. Thus, some have called this not a deal, but only signing on to future talks on an agenda to discuss certain items, like that nuclear matter. Where will this signing occur, and by whom?   Not said, although Geneva has been mentioned in the past. Maybe this will occur on Monday or later, as Trump will attend the G7 summit from June 15-17 in the French Alps. Keep in mind that the previous 60-day Islamabad ceasefire agreement was never signed . Yes, Elon Musk is today worth approximately $1.1 trillion, and has become the first trillionaire.  His initial public offering of SpaceX went very well, ending at $161/sha...

On Sunday, I indicated that my life had three 27-year periods after the age of 5, and provided details of the first trio, but only got through high school.  Today, I will complete this initial educational cycle with Stanford University, an important learning experience in the Hawaiian sugar industry, then graduate school. So in 1958 I left Hawaii for the first time. My brother by then was working at the Naval Civil Engineering Center in Port Hueneme, California.  I stayed with his family that summer, for he secured for me a summer job at this center. Stanford was a challenge, for I was below average, again, in all facets of life, sociologically, economically and intellectually. There were no Black students, Hispanics were not yet even identified and I was the only student of Japanese ethnicity. Actually, there was one Black in 1891, the year the school opened, Ernest Houston Johnson.  He graduated in 1895 in economics, but sadly died of tuberculosis in 1898 at the age of ...