[msqueri]

His son Hal is a brilliant scholar at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where I went to grad school. Eleven years after I got my master’s I came very close to going back to SAIS to work on a PhD under Hal but ultimately took another professional opportunity. A week or two ago my wife and I were watching Ken Burns’ documentary on Benjamin Franklin and I got a kick out of seeing HW Brands featured.

[msqueri]

His son Hal is a brilliant scholar at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where I went to grad school. Eleven years after I got my master’s I came very close to going back to SAIS to work on a PhD under Hal but ultimately took another professional opportunity. A week or two ago my wife and I were watching Ken Burns’ documentary on Benjamin Franklin and I got a kick out of seeing HW Brands featured.