The most frequent question you get from friends when you announce your intention to take a river cruise through Eastern Europe is “why?”...

An ocean of old faces. A National Septuagenarian Portrait Gallery. I didn’t recognize anyone. As I would draw closer, there were familiar...

Allen David Carli, Jr. was a legend. A fraternity brother and friend of 55 years, Dave (Carli, Carlos, Los, etc, etc) was a successful...

When I was Director of Government Relations and Public Affairs (GRPA or GrrrrPaw...lovely acronym, eh?) at the Legal Services Corporation...

The late Justice Antonin Scalia, nicknamed "Nino" by his colleagues on the Court, is a perfect example of someone I disliked from afar,...

I miss Sanford. We met in 1968 and were friends and fraternity brothers for 49 years. Here from the Richmond Times Dispatch, “Mr. John...

John Houseman, Frank Capra, Pare Lorenz I often associate my intersection with famous people as limited to my days as Director of Public...

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...