AS IT SHOULD BE Seventeen candidates – seven Democrats, nine Republicans, one independent – are running to succeed U.S. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, who’s quitting after one term. Judging from the resumes, it’s an impressive lot: Harvard, Stanford, Brown, William and Mary, the University of Chicago, Northwestern, Notre Dame, and Dartmouth. There are lawyers, business executives, […]
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Letters 12-18-03
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Quick takes
BUMPING AL Channel 20 viewers who expected to see Rev. Al Sharpton hosting “Saturday Night Live” on Dec. 6 instead were treated to a rerun of the show, a decision WICS-TV general manager Jack Connors attributes to the station’s unwillingness to give equal time to other Democratic presidential candidates. WICS wasn’t the only NBC affiliate […]
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Letters 12-11-03
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Bards of the Sangamo
For Want of Better Dreams For want of better dreams the plainest things elude our closest scrutiny — take flight. DaVinci, though his notes were erudite, slighted the kite that might have led to wings. Nor did he windsurf, though a sail that swings upon a board seems simple — in the light of hindsight. […]
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Your turn. . . 12-4-03
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Bards of the Sangamo
Oh My Father The little child I am remembers harsh cold, bleak February which wore him thin as torn shoe soles in snow, walked to the rim of winters spring polished as bright as March. I shuck off dawn at dusk, divulge indiscreet December, cold without snow or holly, fat disappointments, rained on eager years […]
