At Jerry Foote’s memorial service last week, his wife of 45 years rose as the last speaker and delivered in the place of a remembrance a poem that was so different and so moving that I asked permission to publish it, which I now do after the jump:
The NYTimes’ Maureen Dowd, whose Pulitzer Prize was not awarded for her fact-checking, writes today:
Pete Sessions, a conservative from Waco, Tex., and the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, warned that they could become an insurgency, having learned more about insurgencies “because of the Taliban.” (Yes, that’s the same Taliban that was allowed to regenerate by bumbling Republican leaders.)
Actually, Pete’s district goes nowhere near Waco. But I don’t see that as a problem. I see it as an opportunity. Michael Irvin doesn’t call the cops back? What do you expect? He’s from Waco. Jessica Simpson breaks down on stage at a Michagan Michigan concert? Gordon Keith fails again to be funny? Tim Rogers shaves his head? Waco.
Leslie Brenner hasn’t started her gig yet as the DMN’s No. 1 foodie, but for my money Rod Dreher could have gotten the job. Read his “review” of Aurora, where he says his meal literally changed his life. Good stuff.