The First Snow Always Startles. It Covers

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.

The First Snow Always Startles. It Covers The Tricycle In The Driveway, Turning Its Frame Into An Abstact Sculpture That Says: See How Quickly Yesterday Turns Into Today.

In Ancient Israel And Rome The Judge Had Appeared As A Stand-in For The Divine, And Corruption Was A Blinding Of The Representative Of The Divine.

Candor Is A Compliment; It Implies Equality. It's How True Friends Talk.

Humor Is The Shock Absorber Of Life; It Helps Us Take The Blows.