Mostly anger at the “historians” and college professors who kept ranking him as one of the great presidents, without mentioning - or worse, not knowing about - his actively racist policies.

Seriously, you would have thought Wilson’s Fourteen Points were handed down from Mt. Sinai, if you’d ever been in my 1960’s high school or 1970’s college history classes.

The part where Johnson and Nixon conspired to defeat Johnson’s own Vice President.

In the 1970’s, the best route was Route 50 to Route 7 West. No 66 or toll road. Traffic lights on 7 about every half mile until you got to all the farms in Loudoun County. Count your blessings.

In those pre-internet days, I remember how valuable it was to have a channel that kept repeating the news every 20 minutes or so. You could easily catch up on current events if you were on the road, or couldn’t get home in time to catch the 7:00 p.m. news.

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I lived in Cleveland, so it was the Beverly Jarosz murder. In 1964, a pretty and popular 16-year-old girl was strangled and repeatedly stabbed, but no evidence of sexual abuse, in what was apparently a targeted and well-planned, well-timed assault when she was alone in her house. It wasn’t a burglary; nothing was stolen. The murder dominated Cleveland headlines for weeks, but to this day remains unsolved. I was about her age, so it’s now burned into my memory.

I was around in 68. It’s very hard to believe he could have won, but if he had, it’s unlikely anything would have changed. Which is why it’s so hard to believe he could have won.

I would have actively supported him, which I did back then. I thought he had a good chance of being a successful third party candidate.

But I lost interest after he dropped out and then came back in. So did the rest of the country. He seemed more interested in running for President than being President.

Then they go back and fix it afterward.

It’s your job to communicate clearly, not your reader’s job to figure out what you’re trying to say.

I did contract work for the Nebraska Public Power District in the 1980’s and can still remember those oddly addictive little meat pies.

Trust fund baby. Mediocre student. Inherited his entire career. Sat in the Oval Office and watched TV while his advisors ran the show.

So what’s not to like?

She almost turned me Catholic when I saw her in Song of Bernadette.

“I never gave ‘em hell. I just told them the truth, and they thought it was hell.”

  • Harry Truman

My advice is always to postpone until you’re 70, unless you really need the money now. Don’t try to guess how long you’re going to live. Nature and medical science will surprise you.

You’re not familiar with Hollywood, it seems.

My prediction - An easy-going and somewhat simple-minded second-rate actor:

  • is pushed into politics by his scheming wife,

  • is manipulated by his advisors to do evil stuff,

  • stumbles ass-backward into success,

  • and then sadly wastes away from Alzheimer’s, his legacy forever destroyed by the Iran-Contra scandal, which will dominate the last half of the movie.

Critics will pan the film but call it “remarkably balanced and even-handed.”

Just saw Executive Suite. Great film! Did anyone notice the uncredited appearance of a slimmed-down John Banner, TV’s bumbling Sgt. Schultz on Hogan’s Heroes? In the film he’s Henri, the waiter in the Stork Club.

This is the million dollar display that was at Binion’s for many years. 100 $10,000 bills.

https://images.app.goo.gl/t87qCxp9bbanVHcaA

The Bushes and their political base weren’t riled up about parental vs. marital rights. It was about the “sanctity of life.”

Second that. I lived in Loudoun county back then, and the Matchbox there went from good to mediocre overnight.

I’m DVR’ing the first three because I love business movies.

And you are so right about Sex and the Single Girl. An all-star cast in a bad imitation of a Rock Hudson/Doris Day romcom.

As a new resident, I’m curious about how you define “real Woodbridge.” The address for Bistro L’Hermitage on their website is 12724 Occoquan Road in Woodbridge, Virginia.