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Carter's Kindest Media Eulogists Were Rough on Reagan Jan. 10, 2025
In all the somber coverage of Jimmy Carter's death, the audience could and should expect the tone of... Read More
Eulogy for a Mentor Jul. 13, 2024
A mentor of mine died last night. She'd been sick, with leukemia, and had undergone both a stem cell... Read More
As the Filibuster Goes, So Goes the GOP Aug. 04, 2020
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.... Read More
The World Lost a Great Man in Pat Caddell Feb. 21, 2019
My friend Don Skelly once said that in this age of cable television, chefs and political consultants... Read More
Jones Did Something Rare in Politics -- Admitted a Big Mistake Feb. 14, 2019
It's the rare leader who's willing to admit they were wrong. In the no-holds-barred world of modern ... Read More
One Final Word for George Herbert Walker Bush Dec. 13, 2018
WASHINGTON — Now that America has had its holiday from politics, we can get back to poking one... Read More
Bush Funeral Raises Question: Who Will Speak for Trump? Dec. 09, 2018
WASHINGTON — Who will speak for President Donald Trump at his state funeral, far in the future... Read More
George HW Bush Shows That What Used to Be Normal Is Now Extraordinary Dec. 07, 2018
A new phrase entered the English language over the past few years: "the new normal." It is designed ... Read More
Fake Praise for GHWB: Where Were Media When He Needed Them? Dec. 06, 2018
As with the passing of former President Ronald Reagan, the media are in full praise mode following t... Read More
Remembering the Man Behind the Superheroes Nov. 19, 2018
When kids in the 1960s went to spend their allowance or paper-route money on comic books, they had a... Read More
Authentic Republican Wisdom Aug. 05, 2017
American campaigns were not always, I can testify from personal witness, about the politics of perso... Read More
A Eulogy for John J. McLaughlin Aug. 22, 2016
Issue one! To understand John McLaughlin, it was helpful to have been a 13-year-old entering an all-... Read More
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Carrying the Cuban Family Torch Nov. 19, 2013
I had done it before so I thought it wouldn't be so difficult. In delivering funeral eulogies, unfor... Read More
