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Month: August 2007

Our Spinless Democrats in Congress

Our Spinless Democrats in Congress

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Letters to the Editor in the New York Times of August 8th captured my feeling of disappointment in Congressional Democrats as having no backbone at all when it comes to Iraq and the continued intrusion into America’s right of privacy by this administration. As letters in the Times put it: "To their shame, sixteen Democrats in the Senate and forty one in the House voted to hand the president monarchial powers that the signers of the Constitution had withheld. The…

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Rising from the Rails Comment

Rising from the Rails Comment

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Seattle attorney Jan Peterson sent me a note about my post involving Black Porters which I thought I should share with you: Paul, I read with interest, as usual, your piece on Rising from the Rails.  My family on my father’s side were railroad people and as a result we had a pass to ride on the trains whenever we wanted.  Even as late as my early childhood in the forties I remember Pullman porters.  They were all black men…

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Paul Luvera Sr & Say Hello to Your Dad

Paul Luvera Sr & Say Hello to Your Dad

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When I was growing up in the small town of Anacortes, my dad, Paul Luvera, Sr., was a prominent figure in town as well as the West side of the State of Washington. He operated our neighborhood grocery store at the same location, 7th and Commercial, for many years. He had been active in every community club or town activity for years. He had even served one term in the State Senate. He was very well known and was prominent…

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Boston & New York Travel Report

Boston & New York Travel Report

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I’m back from Boston by way of New York after attending a meeting for the Inner Circle of Advocates, a national plaintiff lawyer’s professional organization. Unfortunately, I saw little of Boston because I arrived late Saturday and had meetings all day Sunday and Monday. I then left early on Tuesday to meet my wife Lita in New York. We spent Tuesday night in New York where we attended the musical Wicked and left early Wednesday for Seattle. When we left…

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Boston Massachusetts

Boston Massachusetts

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I leave for Boston early Saturday for a meeting of a professional law group I belong to, the Inner Circle of Advocates. So, it seems appropriate to share some information about the city and state. The city of Boston is also known as "Beantown" or "The Hub." It’s population is nearly 600,000 people. It is the largest city in Massachusetts and New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut), and the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts….

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