Tag: FDR

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  CHRISTMAS, 1941

  This is the legacy of Christmas 1941—and a reminder of work we have yet to complete.

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  FDR’s Last Personal Diplomacy: Ibn Saud and the Quest for a Jewish Homeland

  The alliance between Saudi Arabia and the United States goes back seven decades, to when King Abdulaziz, the founder of the modern Saudi state, met President Franklin Delano Roosevelt aboard…

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  Here, There and Back Again: A Tale of A Sign

  A couple months ago, I received a call from a very courteous gentleman in Santa Fe, inquiring whether or not I might want to buy an old, wooden sign. But…

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  Here’s a Health to King Charles

    Throughout  the course of the Restoration, I’ve been continually surprised and delighted to find little gateways back in time. Here’s another one. Last year, my dear friend Abbot Peterson…

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  The Real Gentleman’s C

  If you google the term “gentleman’s C,” chances are you’ll come up with some version of: “a grade given by certain schools (often Ivy League) to the children of wealthy…

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  Ah, The Fly at Last! Or, There and Back Again, A Tale of Retraction

  A while back one of our Adams alums, Rick Porteus ’78, who also happens to be the Vice President of the Fly Club Board of Directors, had written to me…