JD Ross Leahy

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Shit my dad taught me If you feel like driving fast, don’t do it in the neighborhood. Actually, for that matter, the coolest way to drive through your own space is between 8 and 13 miles an hour. Leave driving fast for the mountains, but pass on the uphills, not...

Jessica Smith Pugsley

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Things I have learned from Dan Leahy Keep in touch with people. If you don’t write your own story, someone else will write it for you. Make sure you know what you are saying (particularly if you are protesting in another language). Take time to do the research—and...

Peter Bohmer

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I have known Dan Leahy since my arrival in Olympia, 35 years ago. He has been a good friend, a wise and caring person whose advice and reflections I seek out. We taught political economy together at Evergreen on five different occasions, both to undergraduates and in...

Margaret Knudson

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What to say about one’s neighbor of 36 years! We’re Dan and Bethany’s neighbors to the East and about the same age – a bit older. We had our children sooner so we were about a decade ahead in school activities: piano and band recitals, sports,...

gabriel sayegh

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Included in the list of shit I learned from Dan is the tool/rule about reading source documents. Read them, then read them against what’s being written and said about them. Then help others do the same. Create a chart. Make it plain. Dan taught this in his...