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December 27, 2022

Princeton Alumnus and Donor Steve Berger Writes to VP of Princeton Regarding Illegal Mandates

Hi Hilary, My name is Steve Berger, Princeton Class of 1976. I also served two terms on the Princo Board of Directors from 2000-06 and maintained close contact with that office during  my entire investment career, first as an investment consultant  and then as co-founder/manager of  a hedge fund-of-funds that …

December 27, 2022

A Walt Whitman Poem for Christmas Day

My father, the departed and much-missed poet Dr Leonard Wolf, believed that once you write something, it no longer belongs to you. It belongs, as he taught me and his many students, not to the author, but to the universe. He also believed that even if a writer had just …

December 27, 2022

Vermont’s Cardiac Catastrophe, Part 2A: Heart Failure in Men

Oxford Dictionary: con·ges·tive heart fail·ure noun noun: congestive heart failure; plural noun: congestive heart failures a weakness of the heart that leads to a buildup of fluid in the lungs and surrounding body tissues. Mayo Clinic: Heart failure — sometimes known as congestive heart failure — occurs when the heart muscle doesn’t pump blood as …

December 27, 2022

A Walt Whitman Poem for Christmas Day

My father, the departed and much-missed poet Dr Leonard Wolf, believed that once you write something, it no longer belongs to you. It belongs, as he taught me and his many students, not to the author, but to the universe. He also believed that even if a writer had just …

December 27, 2022

Because the Darkness Runs So Deep, The Light Burns So Bright

“While Christmas is undoubtedly a time of great joy, it is also an occasion for deep reflection, even an examination of conscience.”             -Pope Benedict XVI, Financial Times, December 20, 2012, “A Time for Christians to Engage the World” “Maybe the Mayans were onto something after all. Perhaps the impending solstice …

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