Hey Jeff, I hope this email finds you well (that’s how we begin emails in 2021, you’ll see why). I’m writing from the future, 15 years since you started your Baltimore PR company JD/PR, and yes, I’m still in the public relations business and enjoying this roller coaster ride you…

We’ve hit 300,000 covid-19 deaths. A 9/11 every day, some report, and among the deadliest times America has ever faced. The Battle of Antietam resulted in about 3,600 deaths, and the attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in about 2,400 deaths. …

There was the gruesome death by snowplow at the ski resort parking lot. Accusations of mismanagement at a Washington, D.C. attraction. An executive’s insider trading. Sexual harassment at a private school. Carbon monoxide poisoning at a housing project in Baltimore. And many more crises I have managed over the years. …