My father died at the age of 91 on December 2. He was not a man to make profound observations. He was a facts man. He spent World War II in the military police and two decades in the FBI. The FBI mostly investigated. He liked Sergeant Joe Friday’s line: “Just the facts, Mam.” Jack Webb made that line famous on Dragnet, which started on TV the year he joined the FBI: 1951. He was a big Dragnet fan. He did make one profound observation to me that has stuck. I am not sure if it was original with him. … Continue reading Do Not Go Quietly