May 03 2009
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A Silver Jew Strikes Back
Indie rocker David Berman ends his music career and reveals his darkest secret: His father is the Darth Vader of Washington lobbyists.
A few years ago, David Berman says, he laid down the gauntlet with his dad and demanded he shut down his operation—a real Luke Skywalker/Darth Vader moment, one imagines. The high-priced lobbyist refused, according to his son. “He has just gotten worse. More evil. More powerful. We’ve been ‘estranged’ for over three years.”
