President Obama gave his last State of the Union address this week. I did not watch it, but I read the transcript. To my eye, to my mind, it was as fine a way to cap his presidency as one could hope. He spoke to the future. Make of that what you will. Those who do not now or never have liked him, it was all hot air, empty rhetoric, posing for posterity. For those who believe he has been the best president since the last great one, it was inspirational, an arrow aimed at the next horizon. For anyone with the slightest grasp of history, how politics works, of even a grasp of the last 40 years, it was a gracious and generous invitation to Do Better.…
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A Few Words About Unpleasant Realities
First off, I would like to say that I work with some amazing people. I will address just how amazing they are in a different post. The reason I mention it here is that this morning I attended a meeting wherein we all discussed an extremely delicate, profoundly important issue in order to establish a protocol for a specific event and it was one of the most trenchant and moving experiences in which I’ve been involved.
In mid-July, Harper Lee’s novel, Go Set A Watchman, will be released. That I am working at a bookstore when this is happening is incredible. …