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Jun 16, 20222 min read
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, 20226 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20223 min read
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 14, 20212 min read
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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