- Cartoon reminds me of my time as a volunteer, intern and staff assistant in three United States Senators' offices, 1974-1977, commencing at the tender age of 17.5.
- Learning from wise mentors, it built my character. Service was free at first, then modestly paid.
- Honored and privileged to have worked for three ethical, honorable Democratic U.S. Senators, Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), Gary Warren Hart (D-Colo.). and James R. Sasser (D-Tenn.).
- I started my first internship with EMK the day before my first class at Georgetown University.
- I was a volunteer, just as my dad was when he volunteered for the U.S. Army the day after Pearl Harbor.
- Within days of the resignation of President Richard Milhous Nixon, I volunteered to work in the mailroom of Senator Ted Kennedy,
- It was, the morning after I saw and heard my boyhood, hero, consumer advocate Ralph Nader, speak to our incoming freshmen class at Georgetown's Gaston Hall on the Feast of Saint Augustine (August 28, 1978).
- I am blessed and grateful for all of the wonderful people from whom I have learned!