In December 2001, I sent this to my family and friends: William Faulkner said this in his “Address Upon Receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature,” 10th December 1950: “It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from …
History
Visiting the Vanderbilts
All the pleasures of the New York summer are not necessarily in the city. A celebration for a recent Sunday birthday provided the opportunity for a drive up the Hudson River. So off we went, heading up to Hyde Park, about 90 miles north of the city. Although the name “Hyde Park” is connected in …
Ten Years Later
The New York Philharmonic seemed to set the stage for me. Like most New Yorkers, I was approaching this anniversary with a slight sense of trepidation. After 9/11, people throughout the world had been greatly sympathetic and supportive to the citizens of New York, Washington, and that tiny community in Pennsylvania where the fourth airplane …
Washington DC: A Very Special Museum
A recent business trip took me to Washington, DC, where I found myself with a little time to kill between meetings. As often happens, I took myself to one of the city’s splendid museums. We Americans seem to take for granted the great treasures that are available for us in our nation’s capital, and one …
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