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• Hope Rhymes
• 51 days ago
• NY Times blog, The Caucus, included just a short note on Ted Sorenson, once Kennedy’s speech writer. On a book signing tour, Mr. Sorenson responded with poetry when asked to compare Senator Obama and President Kennedy. From a Seamus Heaney poem, “The Cure at Troy”: History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave. But then, once in [...] ...

• Reagan’s Wit and Occasional Wisdom
• 51 days ago
• Citing President Lincoln’s quip, “If I didn’t laugh, I couldn’t stay in this job 15 minutes,” President Reagan used his own political wit to great effect. Some of his remarks are even funnier in retrospect. Don’t miss the line about the Taxpayers’ American Express card the big spenders never leave home without. Would he be [...] ...

• Like Dancing with a Hurricane
• 57 days ago
• This post has already weathered a number of incarnations. From celebrating a couple of tough women to hating their mangled faces to reveling in the independence they represent. I may still not know how this is going to end but it begins with yesterday’s Oprah show. The stage was set in Las Vegas and the [...] ...

• My Thirty Cents on the Gas Tax
• 62 days ago
• Hillary is trying to buy votes at the cost of $.30 a day by repealing the federal gas tax. That’s an annual price tag of $28 she has put on her desperate campaign and it’s an idea running on empty. This sorely underestimates the intelligence of the voting public as well. Who believes oil companies will [...] ...

• The Song that Takes You There
• 62 days ago
• This starts with a confession. Getting ready for work this morning, I heard John Cougar’s “Jack and Diane” and enjoyed it. A cloud of powder had settled settled across my nose and the miracle eye cream had just infiltrated fine lines and wrinkles. In an instant, that reality disappeared as the song convinced my [...] ...