I’m no prognosticator – my predictions are usually wrong, but I think I predicted this a few months ago – like on November 3 – that Hillary Clinton would soon be declaring, “The truth is I have always been a praying person.” Hmmm, echoes of her senatorial run, when she put a Yankee Cap on her head and swore, “The truth is I have always been a Yankees fan!” My beloved bums have lost the World Series ever since. I... Read more
So, Robert Burns had it quite right. There are events in our lives that defy planning or anticipation. Whether it is the birth of a child, the start of a new job, or the expected death of a loved one after a long illness, “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry…” or, in the case of my family, crumble under the weight of a grief so heavy and complete that no amount of mental, material or... Read more
Thank you, so many of you, for all of your prayers and thoughtful notes.More later. God bless. Read more
Now this is interesting. Betsy, from the “so-good-you-really-should-check-in-several-times-a-day” Betsyspage reports that Wily-ol-red-headed Tim Russert, for whom (I cannot help it) I have a soft spot, went on Imus in the Morning and delivered a big fat (not really fat, but heavily jowled) bomb: CBS knows gave Mary Mapes the fake docs…and they ain’t sayin’. Quotes Betsy: (linking from NewsMax) “I think the interesting thing is the documents – where did they come from?” Russert told radio host Don Imus. “Somebody... Read more
Many have heard the story of the rather newly named saint, Gianna Beretta Molla and the story of how she, diagnosed with cancer and advised to abort, chose to deliver the new life and accept having “run the race and finished [her] course.” It is an astonishing story of love in an age where woman are routinely counseled to put themselves first. And now we read this tremendous love has happened again in Vancouver. (Hattip: KJL at NRO’s The Corner... Read more
The more I read Maureen Dowd the more I’ve come to believe the woman is staggeringly ill-equipped to deal with life. In today’s rant – the poor thing can do nothing unless ranting is involved – she is going after men, all men. An entire gender has ticked her off. Why? They don’t want to date her, or to marry her. Why? Because she’s a strong woman who wants to be treated as an equal! She actually implies that she... Read more
I’ll give Howard Fineman points for trying, mostly because I have a soft spot for Fineman. That schoolboy hair, the studious glasses, you just want to bring him home and give him a bowl of soup with crackers. But the man doesn’t get it. Writing about Rathergate, and its effect on the mainstream media, he correctly identifies his industry as a political party in demise, but immediately blows it by reversing the order of this party’s destroyers: A political party... Read more
January 11, 2005TO : All CBS News Colleagues The panel report is part of a process – a necessary process to deal with a difficult issue – at the end of which four good people have lost their jobs. My strongest reaction is one of sadness and concern for those individuals whom I know and with whom I have worked. It would be a shame if we let this matter, troubling as it is, obscure their dedication and good work... Read more
TO: All CBS employeesFROM: Leslie MoonvesDATE: January 10, 2005 On September 22, 2004, we asked an Independent Panel to find out what went wrong in the development, preparation and aftermath of the September 8th broadcast, on 60 Minutes Wednesday, concerning President George W. Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard. Today, those findings have been issued, and may be found on www.cbsnews.com. I would now like to offer CBS’s thoughts on the comprehensive report issued today by that Panel... Read more
I like this blurb by Roger Simon wherein he links to this excellent analysis re the propensity of the press, most particularly the ever execrable NY Times, to kill stories that offer hopeful or positive outlooks in favor of the usual dreary, cynical, pessimistic, nihilistic and depressing crap they usually serve up. The analysis is by one Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman, who is a Professor of Psychology at U Pennsylvania, the founder of the field of Positive Psychology, and the... Read more
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