Son,
One of the problems these past seven years is that the American public has not been asked to directly suffer to rigors of war. There is indirect suffering - blamed on the Democrats.  Bush gave his State of Denial.
The President gave a list of highlights of his Presidency with the same set of problems that [...]

Dad,
I just read on Yahoo News that a lock of John Lennon’s hair sold for $48,000 dollars. It is the Christmas season, so I can’t help but stand in the face of our obsession with excess and indulgence. Most of the time I can manage a passive conversation about it and talk about little thing [...]