In Praise Of The Old Days
November, 1980
Sure, David--which must have been why your telephone was unlisted when I first came here 20 years ago and, for that matter, still is. Who did the pre-Camelot pols think they were--network anchor men?But, to be fair, you had a valid point. Arrogant, maybe, but every celebrity to his own shtick. Washington before 1960 was, indeed, a worksite for uncelebrated old pols, a town not at all like the Hollywood East it's become in recent years. The monuments and statues were here, yes, but back then, the...
