Month December 2005

Hawaii

1) Friday morning, today, we go flying in a private plane, down the Hana Highway, then to the Big Island to view, among other things, lave flowing from a crater, and out of a cliff into the ocean. I should…

The fast rise and steep fall of Jack Abramoff

This lengthy WaPo article details Abramoff’s life of fixing and sleaze quite admirably. A few tidbits: The nonprofit Capital Athletic Foundation, for example, allowed him to schmooze with Washington’s movers and shakers at charity affairs. The foundation was ostensibly created…