The White Album
I wasn’t very smart in those days about business or looking after my own interests. A friend of my father decided he wanted to start his own coffeehouse, and he planted it right across from the Flick Coffeehouse on US one near Red Road in South Miami. He hired me to recruit all the talent […]
The Jetport Sign
From January, 1969, when I resigned form the Interior Department on the day of Nixon’s inauguration, until January, 1971, when I returned to college at FSU, I spent all my time as an environmental activist (well, I did have a project funded by Shale Niskin, of Niskin Bottle fame [see addendum], of the University of […]
The Postcard – Part 2
I reconnected with George Blackwell, the now recording engineer and his wife. A couple of years later his wife inherited a couple of oil wells in Michigan. George wanted to open his own voice over recording studio. He knew nothing about business and asked me for my guidance. This was the beginning of my clientele […]
1966 Westinghouse Science Talent Search
In 1966 Phil was chosen as one of the 300 most promising young scientists in the United States. This is the book that listed the honorees.
My Political Activisim
One way I try to make a difference is by sharing information about organizations I support. So this does not get missed further down, if you would like to have a sample back copy of any of these just email me (in Contact us) and I will mail you one or all. For one thing […]
The Postcard – Part 1
“He’s not just another suit…” This post originally appeared on my professional website, philipspitzer.com. It was a bit different than the usual investing thoughts or educational ideas that I shared there. This is more personal. It is for fun. My team asked if this would not just be better as a post on a personal […]
The PaPER and the Poets Two
This is unsigned but there is no question in my mind it was written by Nanlee Haston. One of the few things of value out of the three times I was on Facebook was hearing from one of the young people who had been among my followers in those days of environmental activism. He told […]
Steve Goodman
Steve was a folksinger from Chicago. He was the one who wrote The City of New Orleans (Arlo Guthrie managed to get himself added to the credit later. Another story). Having become friends with many of the folksingers in those days, I often hung out at The Flick Coffeehouse in the afternoons. One day Steve […]
War and Peace Part 2
When we were growing up Dad never talked of the war. My brother Jan and I had a scoutmaster who talked about it a lot, and knew other adults who told stories about it. We pressed him to tell us about his experiences. He refused. There were only four things he ever said about it. […]
The Birth of The PaPER
I was asked by local newspapers and magazines to write articles about the environment during those two years of activism, 1969-1970. The publisher of the underground newspaper in Miami, Strawberry Fields, Jerry (again, his last name is lost to my memory) approached me to do an entire issue on the environment. What an opportunity! I […]