Tuesday, May 04, 2004

Challenge yourself, indeed

True hero athlete / Day's theme: Challenge yourself: "
Just when we thought we had a pure and simple hero, a millionaire athlete who gave up wealth and fame to become the ideal patriot, to make the ultimate sacrifice, his friends and family complicated everything. They turned Pat Tillman into a human being . . . .

Damned good column.

Here's a local reporter who won't know about the next time Bush is in town

From the Didn't They Get the Memo About Not Having Bad News files, comes this story from the (Dubuque, Iowa)Times Herald. (Ninth paragraph and onward.)
Big props to the old vet who wanted to "ask Bush a few questions." Especially when so much of the press won't do it for him.