The Nation's Pulse
Voices of a Summer Day
We loll languidly through these delightful moments of living.
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YEP, SUMMER IS HERE. A time for relaxation but also a time for recreation, though not of the frenetic Disney World variety. Washington, D.C., seems awfully far away, as does the Kennebunkport Summit, the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and the Glasgow car bombs, even the Texas floods. If only the rest of existence would adopt our leisurely pace, there would be a brief respite, peace on earth.
In the meantime, I think I will just keep lounging on my lawn chair, and wait for the rest of the world to catch up. Ouch! What kind of insect was that?
(With apologies to the late Irwin Shaw for stealing the title from his fine novel of that name.)
Jay D. Homnick, commentator and humorist, is a frequent contributor to The American Spectator. He also writes for Human Events.
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Jay D. Homnick, commentator and humorist, is a frequent contributor to The American Spectator. He also writes for Human Events. Here he performs his original composition, "Buy You (Bayou) a Drink".
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