Boundaries Aren't All Bad. That's Why There

What I Got Was Not So Much Gifts And Whishes Come Trues But A Feeling Of Peace. I Got Peace Itself, Actually. And When You Have Peace, You Can Be Strong; And When You Are Strong, You Can Get Through What You Have To Get Through, And Not With Exhaustion And Frown Marks And Slumped Shoulders But With Relative Happiness, And Humor, And Sometimes Even Gaiety.

The Irish Are Often Nervous About Having The Appropriate Face For The Occasion. They Have To Be Happy At Weddings, Which Is A Strain, So They Get Depressed; They Have To Be Sad At Funerals, Which Is Easy, So They Get Happy.

In The 1950s And '60s The [democrat] Party Included Many Obviously Earnest And Thoughtful Liberals Who Supported Goals That Were In Line With And Expressions Of Serious Beliefs. They Believed That America Was An Exceptional Country.

The Democratic Party Will Now Stick With Its Guy Forever, No Matter How Harmful He Is. Perhaps You Call That Loyalty, And Perhaps There's Something To It, But A Bigger Part, I Believe, Is That You Have Come To Think That Winning Is Everything-that Victory Is The Purpose Of Politics.

But One Immediate Thing Can Be Done Right Now, And That Is: Lower The Temperature. Any Way You Can, And Everybody. Just Lower It.