Author Archives: Bill Halamandaris

In October 2000, my wife and I were invited to attend a benefit for the international relief organization AmeriCares. Long the largest private relief agency in the world, AmeriCares had just passed a major milestone: the delivery of two billion … Continue reading →

When I was twelve, I came home from the movies and loaded the .30-30.  It was a Winchester lever action rifle – the gun that won the west. There was one like it in every other house in the community … Continue reading →

John Adams has been on my mind. History remembers Adams as our first Vice President and America’s second president. He was on the drafting committee for the Declaration of Independence and argued eloquently for its passage.  After July 4, 1776, … Continue reading →

Sexual harassment is probably as old as the cave man.  It’s certainly nothing new in Washington. I saw or heard about sexual harassment daily when I worked on Capitol Hill.  I also experienced it more than I care to remember. … Continue reading →

It is the best time of the year – the seasons of thanks and giving. For me it’s particularly meaningful when I consider how quickly one follows the other and the relationship between the two holidays that mark the end … Continue reading →