Sometimes, if my schedule allows it, I like to pop out of the office in the morning and grab an espresso drink. Things get slow enough around here in August to allow me the luxury, and this morning, that’s just what I did. But when I returned, Monsou was in my office. “I was in… Continue reading Too Hot to be President
Category: Politics and Law
Washington, DC Possible New Wind Energy Source
Down at the Round Robin Bar on Friday night, lips were flapping about what appears to be a situation where a number of United States Congressmen contracted mild cases of heatstroke. Anyone who has visited Washington, DC, during the month of August had better have been doing so on business, because the difference between Hell and… Continue reading Washington, DC Possible New Wind Energy Source
The French Affection
When I’m lounging on the couch Sunday night with a copy of a decent magazine, even The New Republic, if the phone rings, I take a long, hard look at caller ID. But then I saw it was Jacques, my thoroughly French friend from La Sorbonne. Hell, talking to him is about ten times as… Continue reading The French Affection
Tom Meets “The Meanest Man in America”
If a client wants it, and can afford it, I have no problem with travel. To get me live and in person, just about anywhere in the world, all one need do is pay my bills for travel and lodging, plus eight hours a day or fraction thereof while going to the specified place of… Continue reading Tom Meets “The Meanest Man in America”
The Loan Shark Who Dared Not Speak His Name
I had a visit from a client who wished to remain anonymous today. I get them occasionally, and, quite frankly, I’ve found that their envelopes of cash, velvet sacks of platinum Maple Leaf sovereigns, Prada bags crammed chock full of glistening Krugerrands, attache cases of sturdy iridium rod and plain, ordinary cardboard boxes of silver… Continue reading The Loan Shark Who Dared Not Speak His Name