Her Termination Interview

How long will Anna Gomez remain an FCC commissioner after this interview on defunded PBS?

WGBH in Boston produces the series American Experience. I recently wrote about its “Mr. Polaroid” documentary. Looking at the series channel on YouTube, there are quite a few programs that the Trump administration would consider “woke.”

https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS

Because of loathsome Trump, WGBH must cut back and American Experience is a casualty of those cuts.

“The 13 employees worked on the “American Experience” documentaries and further production of the series had been halted as of Tuesday.”

https://www.boston.com/news/media/2025/07/24/gbh-layoffs-defunded-sign/

JJWild

Oh, no. Jim Wild has died. This news is hitting me hard.

Jim was a computer system integrator who I worked with frequently and closely for 25 years, from 1982 until he sold his company, JJWild, Inc., to Perot Systems in 2007. Although I didn’t work for Jim, I visited his computer lab so often that he had an employee badge made up for me, so I could come and go freely, as needed. (Perot, later acquired by DELL, wasn’t so accommodating.) Jim had a quiet way about him as he pulled resources together from multiple technology companies to make things happen. He was one of those people who never seemed to be in a hurry, and yet everything was done promptly. Jim Wild was a rarity in the business, wanting to please everyone he could and, in every instance I can think of, succeeding.

I enjoyed every one of my countless dealings with Jim, and the feeling seemed to be mutual. The last time I saw him was at a social gathering in August, 2019.