In about 20 minutes, I’ll leave my desk for minor shoulder
surgery which will put me in a sling for a few weeks. How I’ll
manage to type, which is life itself for me, I don’t know.
So a last blog note before going under. On Yesterday’s “On
Point” broadcast on NPR, host Tom Ashbrook introduced a show about
what he called “a sickening culture of corruption” in the
Republican party. I do not sympathize with bribe-takers like Randy
“Duke” Cunningham, but I do want to remind Mr. Ashbrook of an
earlier Presidential administration. Maybe three names will do the
trick: Mochtar Riady, John Huang, Ron Brown.