October 14, 2020 My voting is done. It felt almost anticlimactic, filling out my ballot at the dining room table, signing it, and slipping it into the dropbox, which I'm sure is secure. Many years ago I was young and dumb enough to sit out an election. But if I had to, I'd stand in… Continue reading One man, one vote
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A statesman speaks
When you're a reporter covering Congress, you listen to an awful lot of speeches. Many of these breathless bulletins concern vital issues like National Cub Scout Month and the renaming of post offices. Speeches can be pompous, sanctimonious, badly reasoned, highly partisan, dull, hypocritical, long-winded, or all of the above. They're sometimes thoughtful or heartfelt.… Continue reading A statesman speaks
A dozen years on
Halfway to work on the MARTA train, I remembered the date. I’d gotten on a public transit system in a major city without giving it a second thought. But in my building downtown, on the 18th floor, I couldn’t help but glance a bit anxiously out the window. Into that same blue sky. That morning,… Continue reading A dozen years on