WASHINGTON
D.C.—I’m just a semi-retired lawyer, living on a gravel road in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but I'm also an avid consumer of news. This is a test.
WASHINGTON—I
was at breakfast at the Sheraton National, in
Arlington, Va. I was attending a conference. Also at my hotel were members of the Iwo Jima Association.
WASHINGTON D.C.—Last week was "Presidents Day." We used to know it as George Washington's Birthday, but the Nixon Administration changed it to Presidents Day.
WASHINGTON
D.C.—What is there to the mystery of love? Laughter
is the real key. The family that laughs together, stays together. No rhyme; the
meter's off.
WASHINGTON D.C.—I wrote about 11 factually false statements in Obama’s State of the Union address. Did you see the appearance of Obama before the Republican meeting?
HAITI
—Haiti’s revolution against France was only a few years after our own, but Haiti has a series of governments composed of thieves, torturers and murderers.
WASHINGTON D.C.—We are now experiencing a disconnect between national political leaders and the citizenry. Public support for congressional actions is low.
WASHINGTON D.C.—It was a simple question: "What was the best Christmas gift you ever received?" That question made me think deeply about how gifts change.
PHILADELPHIA—I did not get lightning to strike my kite, and come down the wet string to a key tied directly to it. There was a thin wire as an antenna on the kite.
WASHINGTON D.C.—It has been almost a year that little Barry What’s-His-Name, the Kenyan- Indonesian-African-American lad has been going to school as president.
WASHINGTON D.C.—The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force announced its recommendation that women between the ages of 40 and 50 no longer receive routine mammograms.
WASHINGTON D.C.—Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has regularly accused the Republicans of displaying "a culture of corruption."
WASHINGTON D.C. —I hate defeat. No giving up before the goal is reached. Last week I made one of the greater concessions of my life. It was a concession to oxygen and old age.
CROATIA—Dubrovnik, Croatia is a relatively new city by European standards. It began in the 7th century AD, when sailors and traders in its area built the first fortifications to protect themselves.
WASHINGTON D.C.—Two days ago we were sitting on the dock in Como waiting for our ship to come in. Not actually a ship, just a small commuter boat that connects the small communities.
WASHINGTON
D.C.—How many people still listen to NPR and take it seriously? Apparently that
list doesn’t include the editors and reporters for NPR. Two cases in point, and
both have to do with numbers.
WASHINGTON D.C.—The last time a new American political party was strong
enough to elect a president was in 1854. That was the Republican Party. Its
first elected president was Abraham Lincoln.
WASHINGTON D.C.—What would make a fitting legacy for Ted Kennedy? I
think it would be the election of a senator who is committed to the same great
public ideas Senator Kennedy often spoke about.
WASHINGTON
D.C.—The Associated Press reported on August 21, that lawyers for
certain detainees at the Gitmo Prison in Cuba, possibly violated federal
criminal law.
