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Michael Tomlinson /p>

From a fellow life-long Pennsylvanian to Jeffrey Lord (No wonder I always appreciate your essays):

I think your analysis of the political thinking of Pennsylvanians is correct in every detail.

p>Let's hope it still holds true when wet-legged Matthews runs for the Senate. br> -- A. C. Santore /p> p> WITNESS br> Re: Quin Hillyer's The West Should Heed Solzhenitsyn : /p>

I wonder if any of your other readers was struck by the juxtaposition of the Hillyer piece on Solzhenitsyn and his passing, and Jeffrey Lord's piece on Matthews and his purported "rising" as was I? In Roman times, the Senate was a place where greatness was an everyday occurrence, not an occasional phenomenon. Cicero, Cato, even the mischievous Cataline on a good day were wont to utter something that would transcend the ages. America's Senate sheltered and produced greatness once upon a time. By my lights as recently as Jesse Helms' tenure (make of that what you will). But today's articles make a comparative point and mockery of the term: greatness.

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