When You Forget Yourself And Your Fear,

I Love Eulogies. They Are The Most Moving Kind Of Speech Because They Attempt To Pluck Meaning From The Fog, And On Short Order, When The Emotions Are Still Ragged And Raw And Susceptible To Leaps.

This Is The Democratic Paradox: You Want So Much To Run America And Yet You Seem Not So Fond Of Americans.

It's Better For The Country When Each Party Looks Like It Stands For Something Serious, For Some Big Things, But They're Not Narrow And They're Not Bought.

The Democratic Party Should Say, "thank You Very Much, But You Know What, We're Going Back To Be A Big-tent Party. Broad On Social Issues Like This, We Are Declaring, Go With Your Heart If You Truly Feel That You Can Be, That You Are Pro-life, And You Wanna Be Pro-life, And A Democrat, Go For It." The Democratic Party Has I Think Been Hurt Very Badly In Terms Of Its National Reputation With This Narrow, Sort Of, You Can't Be In Our Party If You Don't Hold The Right Views On Abortion. It Would Be A Brilliant Political Move If They Opened Up.

What We Need Most Right Now, At This Moment, Is A Kind Of Patriotic Grace - A Grace That Takes The Long View, Apprehends The Moment We're In, Comes Up With Ways Of Dealing With It, And Eschews The Politically Cheap And Manipulative. That Admits Affection And Respect. That Encourages Them. That Acknowledges That The Small Things That Divide Us Are Not Worthy Of The Moment; That Agrees That The Things That Can Be Done To Ease The Stresses We Feel As A Nation Should Be Encouraged, While Those That Encourage Our Cohesion As A Nation Should Be Supported.