Legendary speechwriter, bon vivant, and conservative political fixture Tony Dolan passed away on March 10 at the age of 77, having served in both Trump administrations as well as the White House of President Ronald Reagan.
Dolan connected the Republican establishment to the conservative grassroots, and was universally loved on the American right, often holding court from his restaurant perch at Café Milano in the historic Georgetown area.
He was already a highly accomplished journalist by the time he went to work for the Reagan administration, having won a Pulitzer Prize for his work for the Stamford Advocate in Connecticut, uncovering mob ties in local government.
The Stamford Advocate noted earlier this year:
Dolan won a Pulitzer in 1978 for dozens of articles he wrote during 1977 that exposed the infiltration of organized crime into the Stamford Police Department, among…
