What a career journey, David! By the way, I spent a weekend in Brazil once with Louis Rossetto because a mutual friend from S.F. was going to weekend in Parati, a colonial town in four hours from Rio, and he thought we might get along. Was he ever wrong. Louis and I got into a political argument in the car on the way there, after which we both decided we were not each other’s cup of tea. He, a right-wing libertarian, thought corporations should be allowed unregulated control their activities by a laissez-faire government and I believed that government should regulate corporate activities that harmed the public, like preventing the formation of monopolies. Our political views were so diametrically opposed, creating mutual-disrespect, that we both realized it would be impossible to connect personally. I continue to believe this. Politics, for me, is the canary in the coal mine.
So many fascinating twists and turns, David. Glad to be reminded of them! Grateful we could work together at CIR and MJ
Those were golden times, though we may not have known it then. My hope is the next generation of journalists will bring them back.
Love every word, as usual! What a life you’ve lived! Keep on going David.
What a career journey, David! By the way, I spent a weekend in Brazil once with Louis Rossetto because a mutual friend from S.F. was going to weekend in Parati, a colonial town in four hours from Rio, and he thought we might get along. Was he ever wrong. Louis and I got into a political argument in the car on the way there, after which we both decided we were not each other’s cup of tea. He, a right-wing libertarian, thought corporations should be allowed unregulated control their activities by a laissez-faire government and I believed that government should regulate corporate activities that harmed the public, like preventing the formation of monopolies. Our political views were so diametrically opposed, creating mutual-disrespect, that we both realized it would be impossible to connect personally. I continue to believe this. Politics, for me, is the canary in the coal mine.
Thanks, Mike. All of our lives are so interconnected.