Living in the Washington DC metropolitan area, one gets used to the tourists, the protesters and the celebrants. We Washingtonians realize that there are certain times that downtown, particularly the National Mall, belongs to visitors, and those are the times we stay home and let them have the place. When, while listening to WETA yesterday,… Continue reading Yes, We Can – Stay Home for the Inauguration
Author: tomcollins
Bush to History: Don’t Misunderestimate Me
I like a nice bagel with smoked salmon once in a while, but it’s getting harder and harder to find wild caught Nova Scotia smoked salmon these days, and Nova salmon’s the best and wild caught fish is the only fish I will buy. If I want to consume the flesh of an animal that’s… Continue reading Bush to History: Don’t Misunderestimate Me
French Post Card Industry on Verge of Cancellation
As Fate and my appointment schedule would have it, I was sufficiently close by the Willard Hotel around lunch time, and after dining had about an hour to kill at the Round Robin Bar. There I spied Phil McCrakin, principal lobbyist for the Association of American Pornographers. Well, how about that, I thought to myself… Continue reading French Post Card Industry on Verge of Cancellation
Rod & Roland vs. Tom, Dick & Harry
Yesterday afternoon around two, Gretchen told me she had received an inquiry from somebody on Capitol Hill regarding my availability for an appointment later in the day. “They were really rushed and sounded kind of confused,” she related, “but when I told them you had three-thirty through five open, they said make it for three-thirty,… Continue reading Rod & Roland vs. Tom, Dick & Harry
One Card Monte
Early yesterday evening, as I relaxed in the study at my home in Great Falls, Virginia reading the Outlook section of the Washington Post, the doorbell rang. Whereas the living room was full of people attending one of Veronica’s holiday parties, I didn’t bother getting up – after all, the damn door bell had been… Continue reading One Card Monte