Slowly We Adjust, But Only If We

Kerry Asks Americans To Look At The Evidence. Bush Asks People To Believe.

What Advertisers Call Brand Loyalty Is Merely The Consumer's Defense Against The Need To Waste Energy Differentiating Among Things That Barely Differ.

Today Washington Is Our Hollywood, The Senate Our Warner Bros., The White House Our Beverly Hills. People Who Never Read A Line Of A Movie Magazine Deal With The Lives Of Leaders As If They Were Elizabeth Taylor And Richard Burton.

I Have Never Been Especially Impressed By The Heroics Of People Convinced They Are About To Change The World. I Am More Awed By Those Who Struggle To Make One Small Difference.

Parents Remain Our Touchstones, Fellow Travelers, Even After Death. They Are Both Missing And Present.