The Foreign Service Journal, March 2008

changed. I suggest that the future President Clinton pack the Supreme Court with 11 justices as FDR wanted to do. The Reagan-Bushites’ recrudes- cence in the lower federal courts should be dealt with by limiting federal judges to 10-year terms. David E. Henderson FSO, retired El Paso, Texas Call for Peace Corps Stories In three years the Peace Corps will be 50 years old. I know there are many ex-volunteers among active- duty and retired FSOs; indeed, it has become something of an old-school tie within State and USAID. I thought some might be interested in the pro- ject described below. A number of current and former volunteers recently organized “Peace Corps at 50” to honor the upcoming anniversary. We are now actively seeking nonfiction stories to include in a four-book 50th-anniversary project. The four volumes — Africa and the Middle East ; After the Cold War (focusing on Central Asia and Eastern Europe); Asia and the Pacific ; and Central America, South America and the Caribbean — will feature contributions from past and present volunteers, staff and instructors. Everyone who has served in the Peace Corps has a story. We tell them when we get together; indeed, our families know them only too well. We sometimes share them during job interviews and when we meet new friends. But we can lose even the best stories over time; and, with their loss, important details about the experience may also be lost. We are, therefore, looking for well- told tales that reflect the entire range of experiences in the Peace Corps — whether uplifting, scary or ethically murky — including the familiar dilemma of just what you do when presented with a plate of freshly fried crickets by a smiling girl from Chad. Complete information on the pro- ject and the editors’ and writers’ guidelines is available at www.peace corpsat50.org. The deadline for submission is April 1, 2008. I urge anyone interested to visit the Web site and contribute his or her own story. Bernard Alter FSO, retired Washington, D.C 10 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / M A R C H 2 0 0 8 L E T T E R S