Passing of a Teacher
We just learned of the passing of our beloved Professor David L. Holmes. Hayden and I took New Testament from Mr. Holmes at the College...
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- Feb 17
- 3 min
Shakespeare of the Divines
My rector and friend Reverend Samuel Gregory Jones recently introduced Jeremy Taylor to our parish in Raleigh. Jeremy is not a new...
- Oct 14, 2022
- 6 min
Bosses II
Dr. Trudy Huskamp Peterson, Dr. Michael Kurtz, Adrienne Thomas Michael Kurtz Michael Joseph Kurtz was born on March 8, 1949, in Leesburg...
- Oct 5, 2022
- 4 min
A Cold Evening in Camelot
My grandmother, Lillian Mackenzie Loeber, had one sister, Mary Clarke. Mary was married to Frank Clarke who, after the Great Depression...
- Sep 2, 2022
- 5 min
Bosses
John Constance and Herb Angel, Deputy Archivist of the United States, August, 1971 I recently received a note from a young lady who...
- Aug 27, 2022
- 10 min
Talkin' Baseball
(Brooks Robinson, by Norman Rockwell) What is it about baseball that has inspired poetry, song, art, storytelling, and writing like no...
- Aug 9, 2022
- 8 min
Silver Bullet?
(Capitol Reflections, photo by John Constance) Congress is broken. Politics is a vicious blood sport. There is no such thing as a...
- Jul 15, 2022
- 7 min
Eye of the Tiger
Among the first words I ever heard uttered by Congressman Tom Lantos of California were, “Mr. Constance, if you dare to take this action,...
- Jul 8, 2022
- 4 min
Art Donovan, Master Storyteller
In the early 1990’s a friend asked me to join him for a round of golf at an iconic Baltimore course where he was a member. Sparrows Point...
- Jun 23, 2022
- 1 min
Balkans Cruise 2: On to Budapeszt
Magnificent skylines, rich history, heartbreaking memorials, delicious cuisine, skilled horsemen, proud young folk dancers; the memories...
- Jun 16, 2022
- 2 min
Balkans Cruise 1 : Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia.
The most frequent question you get from friends when you announce your intention to take a river cruise through Eastern Europe is “why?”...
- Apr 28, 2022
- 6 min
Ye Olde Guarde
An ocean of old faces. A National Septuagenarian Portrait Gallery. I didn’t recognize anyone. As I would draw closer, there were familiar...
- Apr 16, 2022
- 3 min
Splash, Boom
Allen David Carli, Jr. was a legend. A fraternity brother and friend of 55 years, Dave (Carli, Carlos, Los, etc, etc) was a successful...
- Apr 9, 2022
- 3 min
Another Supreme Moment
When I was Director of Government Relations and Public Affairs (GRPA or GrrrrPaw...lovely acronym, eh?) at the Legal Services Corporation...
- Apr 2, 2022
- 3 min
Nino
The late Justice Antonin Scalia, nicknamed "Nino" by his colleagues on the Court, is a perfect example of someone I disliked from afar,...
- Mar 26, 2022
- 4 min
San-Man
I miss Sanford. We met in 1968 and were friends and fraternity brothers for 49 years. Here from the Richmond Times Dispatch, “Mr. John...
- Mar 19, 2022
- 3 min
Mr. Capra Goes to Washington
John Houseman, Frank Capra, Pare Lorenz I often associate my intersection with famous people as limited to my days as Director of Public...
- Oct 15, 2021
- 2 min
Patron Saints
I've thought long and hard about whether to post this old letter. While as the author I own its contents, the recipient and the subject...
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