HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. SPEAKER!, Every year on December 22nd, I pause to remember my great friend, mentor and my first boss, former U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Congressman Jim Wright. Today would have been his 95th birthday. My memories of working for him I remember with great fondness. One of my responsibilities was …
Back in 1989 with then Comedian Al Franken, now a U.S. Senator. 29 years later, the time has changed. The recent outing of several powerful men for unwanted sexual advances or harassment has exposed dark secrets that have shaken this country to its core. Women who have been victimized are finding their voices. We owe …
The recently released movie “Wonder Woman” is top chart already making a $570 million dollars worldwide as of June 2017. I met with the real Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, at one of the multiple functions held in Washington, DC. As an assistant to U.S. Speaker of House of Representatives, I was invited to many events. …
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As the U.S. Senate is considering former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman as the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, I am reminded of a former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Robert Strauss. Ambassador Strauss served in that position under U.S. President George H.W. Bush and is one of the founders in 1945 of the powerful international …
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