Flaubert: On His Writing.
I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce […]
Author: Dan Hull
#HelpJoeBiggs It’s About Fairness–Not Politics or Culture.
No hates asking for $ more than me. Thanks from the bottom of my heart to those who have given. But color […]
Symphony
Just one thing improves a sunny brisk Fall day in a world class city in Europe or the Americas. The lunchtime bells […]
Kerouac famously getting it exactly right: On The Road.
Jack Kerouac sometimes got the thrill and promise of simply being alive pitch perfect. The famous “mad to be saved” passage happens […]
J. Dan Hull, II, 1933
J. Dan Hull, II, 1933. Yale Ph.D picture. 2 words: Class act. American dream overachiever and gentlemen’s gentlemen. Authentic and honest–and never […]
We’re losing It.
Why are we still shutting down Speech and Expression everywhere in the name of civility, fashion and especially “anti-racism”? Even LinkedIn wants […]
Joe Biggs
From a FR letter I wrote last week”¦. As most of you know, Joseph R. Biggs, 38, is a single father, decorated […]
Thank you.
I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart who contributed to Joe Biggs’s Legal Defense Fund for his J6 […]
Are we not men?
Nothing in the Universe is cooler than Muddy Waters live in 1971 singing Manish Boy. Nothing. This is music that GenY and […]
Malory
No one is certain who wrote “Le Morte d’Arthur” but the best bet is Sir Thomas Malory, a mid-15th century knight and […]
Fight the Power.
Below are two more revolutionaries I met on National Mall January 6, 2021. I took pictures that day on way to work. […]
Teach this one to the help, Campers.”Rule 6. When You Work, You Are Marketing.”
And you are welcome. Sure. When you work, you are marketing. Never forget that. You are crafting and delivering services to solve […]
John Barry (1745 ““1803): Irish boy does good in America (Part I)
Every work day thousands of Washingtonians pass an imposing six-foot statue mounted on an a huge pedestal a few feet away from […]
May 1 IHHS
IHHS 1971 reunion. May 1. Kenwood Country Club. Cincinnati, OH. The finest people you’ll ever know.
Partner Emeritus: Summering Correctly in Gotham.
Several years ago our hero Partner Emeritus commented in response to an Above the Law piece on summer associate offers: It’s a […]
Romain Rolland gets creative.
There is no joy except in creation. There are no living beings but those who create. All the rest are shadows, hovering […]
The Real Paris
In this illustration from the 1400s of an important Greek myth , Paris, the Trojan prince, judges a beauty contest. The goddesses […]