Author: Dan Hull
Dr Johnson on Hootch
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. —Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784 North of Fleet […]
Go Figure
How did it come to pass that the current POTUS””hands down one of the best in my lifetime and who I ironically […]
Art
Good morning. Is it now against the law or something to tell a woman on the streets dressed to the nines that […]
2020
Elections for POTUS are when Americans air stuff out. We bat around every idea. Much of what’s said would get you jailed […]
Playing Field
Growing tired of the American double standard that immunizes blacks, women, homosexuals, Muslims, immigrants, street people, winos and every minority of any […]
Rule 3: Ensure That Everyone Knows That The Client Is The Main Event
Rule Three: Ensure That Everyone In Your Firm Knows That The Client Is the Main Event. Conveying what you are doing for […]
This and last week….
Next time I have a week off I’ll not stay in DC. Got many odds and ends done””but made rafts of enemies […]
Ah, Feminism.
“Feminism is the final bitter retreat of women who can’t compete in the heterosexual marketplace: an ideology of the unwanted.” 35 years […]
FDR–Patrician, Activist, Charmer, Bad-Ass–on Voting.
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they […]
69 years ago.
Happy Anniversary Penny and John Hull. Dad, we miss you. July 1, 1950
Londontown
Airplane landing at Heathrow 1993. Hull brothers on board: ME: Dave, this is so cool! Londontown. I’ve never been in England before. […]
A Father’s Day.
Two days after Christmas of 2012, John Hull, my father, died suddenly, unexpectedly. He had not been ill, or feeling ill, in […]
Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763-1798)
Happy birthday to Irish revolutionary Wolfe Tone, leader of the 1798 Irish Rebellion and the Father of Irish Republicanism. Wolfe Tone was […]
Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
This is one of my favorite days of the year. On June 3, 1539, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto (1495-1542) stood in […]
Today in American Oppression History
This is one of my favorite days of the year. On June 3, 1539, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto (1495-1542) stood in […]
All My Saturdays
Got up early. Decided not to work/write. Walked to 14th & S, already teeming with DC white collars. Had breakfast. Closely observed […]
Happy Birthday Studs Terkel.
“ªHappy Birthday to “Studs” Terkel (1912-2008). One of my personal heroes. Writer. Lawyer. Oral Historian. Pulitzer Prize winner. Chicagoan. He talked to […]
About Dan Hull
I started What About Clients/Paris? in 2005 because the level of service at even the best global law firms is often inattentive […]
Lite Beer.
True Down East Stories. Dan Hull summer 1985 stops at Maine state store: ME: Evening, sir. I’d like a case of beer. […]
New SM Rules?
Virtual communites are limited but here to stay. Rules: 1. Use your real name. No fake names. 2. Think first. 3. Be […]
NPR
I love NPR when they stick to 3rd World poverty news features which ALWAYS begin as follows: “Pablo and Maria live with […]
NPR
I love NPR when they stick to 3rd World poverty news features which ALWAYS begin as follows: “Pablo and Maria live with […]