8 days before I turned 5 years old, Neil Armstrong Landed on the moon. I remember watching it on a black and white Zenith TV.
I saw Nixon resign on a color Magnavox TV.
I saw a Polish Pope get selected saying Be Not Afraid.
I remember John Paul II appearing in Shea Stadium on a rainy day [...]
Truly Historic Times…
A turn of a word…
Sometimes Peggy Noonan can draw a picture that is so pillowy and soft about the Reagan years I feel like I’m moving lightly amongst the clouds when I am reading it. I don’t remember the time with those same ethereal feelings, but somehow her words float by like billowing cumulus clouds with wispy cirrus tails…
On [...]
Politics…
I tend to take a philosophical view of a Presidential election. I try to go through history and see if there’s a pattern emerging. Well this year there are a few interesting things going on:
All three major remaining candidates are Senators, and have no executive experience (although Sen. Clinton gets the sniff vote)
2 of the [...]
