THREE YEARS AGO, I found myself eating lunch at a Las Vegas restaurant far from the glamour of the Strip with a man who was a legend in the American Army, George Dunaway. Dunaway served as the Sergeant Major of the Army, the highest non-commissioned rank in the Army--only one man has the job at a…

Salem, New Hampshire

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. The Junior Common Room at Winthrop House looks like something straight out of a Harvard admissions brochure. It's a dark room with crimson curtains, crimson carpeting, and old chairs upholstered in aging crimson leather. A portrait of Ronald M. Ferry, the first master of Winthrop…

All Souls

September is the month when sports fans get reacquainted with the United Way. They recognize the charity as the sponsor of those fuzzy commercials during National Football League telecasts, where gridiron greats like Reggie White and John Elway, surrounded by throngs of smiling children, extol the…