Barnes & Noble: The Anti-Amazon
After decades representing them, I am not particularly sentimental about giant corporations. They do not exist to care about their employees, their officials, or their customers. They exist to organize…
Read MoreFort Sumter, Where It All Began
Last weekend, on my third trip to Charleston, SC, I finally made it out to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Like many trips to historical sites, the visit had real…
Read MoreThe Great Anti-Climax
It was the moment Aaron Burr had been working toward for two years. In late December, 1806, he stood on the Illinois shore of the Ohio River, just below the…
Read MoreA Very Burr-y Christmas!
In late December 1806, Aaron Burr was desperately trying breathe life into the Western expedition he had spent the previous twenty months organizing. For several weeks, everything had been turning…
Read MoreDon't Buy Books FROM Crooks!
He was a young fellow, with the mandatory four-days-growth beard. I don’t get that many younger folks to my readings, so I was happy to seem him in the book-signing…
Read MoreA Scoundrel?
When she began taping our interview at noon today, Mimi Geerges, who has a radio show on XM-Sirius and a bunch of local public radio stations (see below), described Aaron…
Read MoreBlennerhassett Island Launch
This weekend marks the anniversary of the 1806 launch of Aaron Burr’s ill-fated Western expedition. The former vice president had arranged for the construction of riverboats that could carry 1500…
Read MoreDisgusting! But then again . . .
Like you, I was appalled to read about the congressional representatives — Republicans and Democrats alike — who have traded on the stock market on inside information gained through their…
Read MoreOn the Road Again
I’ll be working my way up the East Coast this week, spreading the Gospel of Burr in book talks. Do come out and say hello! Monday, 7:30 p.m.: Princeton NJ…
Read MoreOld Friends
Over the last few months, I’ve been able to spend time with a lot of old friends. It started over the summer, when about 35 of us from college, mutually…
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