Robert Kennedy Jr. came to Alaska to support Alaska's waterkeeper organizations. Yael and I were on the host committee for one of the events. I'd never heard him speak before, and I have to say I was blown away by the passion and quality of his conservation arguments. No other Democrat I've heard in years has done the intellectual homework that Kennedy has in arguing how a strong conservation ethic fits with democracy, free markets, and economic prosperity. I thought he went a little overboard generalizing about big business and Republicans, but I'd still like to read his book, Crimes Against Nature. Ari was so inspired by Kennedy's logic that he leapt into his arms and trimphantly raised his fist in a show of solidarity. Having won Ari's support, Kennedy should go far.
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McKinley For The Afternoon: April 16, 2005
- Ever the adventure-seekers they are, my parents wanted to take an afternoon off of seeing Ari to go see a little bit of Alaska. My wonderfully generous friend Chris Hodel agreed to take us up for a little flight. We flew about 45 minutes in his 206 up to the Mt. McKinley area, spent 30 minutes flying around, then stopped in Talkeetna for a walk and dinner at the Latitude 62 Restaurant. The flight back to town was only about 35 minutes. We flew a few hundred feet above the river for the first half of it, then climbed into the proper airspace before entering the pattern to land at Merrill Field.
Eddie & Jen's Wedding Weekend, San Francisco
- Eddie & Jen's Wedding Weekend was special in many ways: seeing a dear friend formalize the best decision of his life, bringing Ari to the town where Yael and I met, and most of all, catching up with dear friends.
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