Portfolio is snarking the President's daily miracles.
Congressman John Lewis marvels at change: "As Lewis walked around the Mall last week, shaking hands, posing for hundreds of photographs, a young African-American introduced himself as the police chief of Rock Hill, South Carolina. 'Imagine that,' Lewis said. 'I was beaten near to death at the Rock Hill Greyhound bus terminal during the Freedom Rides in 1961. Now the police chief is black.'
The Congressman's recollecting reminds us of meeting a black/white same-sex couple at a Birmingham Christmas party some years ago. They own Bull Connor's house.
"Yes," one said, anticipating Waldo's question. Once in a while we drive out to the cemetery to listen to old Bull spin."
Ron Rosenbaum makes the case that Billy Joel is the worst pop singer ever.
Only if you discount Eric Carmen:
Jules Feiffer, whose cartooning overshadowed his movie,
The Little Murders, is 80 years old today.
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