Jim and Connie Schultz, 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner for Feature Writing and wife of Sherrod Brown, Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C., January 3, 2007

Jim chats with U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C., January 3, 2007

Jim enjoys a moment with U. S. Senate Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Jim greets former U.N. Ambassador and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Jim and Lianna with his old friends, Nancy and U.S. Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM), Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Jim and U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) reminisce about common friends in Michigan, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Jim is welcomed to Washington by U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), Hart Senate Office Building, January 4, 2007

Jim meets Dan Glickman, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Jim, Lianna and U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK), Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Jim with U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Jim gets together with newly sworn U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Jim and new U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA), Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007

Jim meets with U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., April 20, 2007

Jim in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Franz Wright, Southside Settlement House, Columbus, Ohio, April 26, 2007

Jim and noted mystery author Sue Grafton, Columbus (Ohio) Public Library, April 28, 2007

Jim and renowned historian, David McCullough, Wexler Center, OSU, Columbus, Ohio, April 30, 2007

Jim discusses government secrecy with Walter Bagdanich, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter,OSU Faculty Club, May 8, 2007

Jim with Charles Simic, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Spring Literary Festival, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, May 10, 2007

Simic became Poet Laureate of the United States in September, 2007.

Jim meets a leading poet of Ghana, Ambassador Kofi Awoonor, Spring Literary Festival, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, May 10, 2007

Jim enjoys a moment with child soldier and author Ishmael Beah, Oberlin (Ohio) Public Library, September 11, 2007

Jim visits with former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia (1993-1995) Harry S. Gilmore, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., September 28, 2007

Jim and former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia (1998-2001) Michael C. Lemmon, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., September 28, 2007

Jim meets with U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan John Ordway, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., September 28, 2007

Ambassador Ordway was U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, 2001-2004.

Jim chats with former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia (2004-2006) John Evans, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., September 28, 2007

Jim meets noted science fiction author Terry Pratchett, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 29, 2007

Jim gets a hug from renowned novelist Lisa Scottoline, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 29, 2007

Jim discusses WWII with Ken Burns and Geoffrey Ward, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 29, 2007

Alternate History author Harry Turtledove signs for Jim, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 29, 2007

Jim shares a moment with noted poet and author Diane Ackerman, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 29, 2007

Jim meets Pulitzer-Prize winning historian David M. Kennedy, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 29, 2007

Jim tries to get 1992 Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu-Tum to look up, Mershon Auditorium, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 10/15/2007

Jim is thrilled to meet renowned Canadian author, Margaret Atwood, Rosse Hall, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, November 10, 2007

Jim has lunch with former Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan, Trio's Restaurant, outside Cincinnati, Ohio, January 26, 2008

Jim and U.S. Representative Pat Tiberi (R-OH), John McCain Wisconsin Election Rally, Renaissance Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, February 19, 2008

Jim with former U.S. Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH), John McCain Wisconsin Election Night Rally, Renaissance Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, February 19, 2008

Jim with Alice Rivlin, first Director, Congressional Budget Office, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C., April 11, 2008

Jim meets Governor Madeleine Kunin a second time, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C., April 11, 2008

Jim shares a moment with noted author Tobias Wolff, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C., April 11, 2008

Jim greets baseball great Cal Ripken, Jr., Barnes and Noble, Columbus, Ohio, May 6, 2008