Democrats embracing Liz is hard to believe considering her backgroud as staunchly on the right. Certainly Democrats can applaud her at this moment for speaking the truth where her coleagues have such problem with that.

I wrote a short piece (actually commenting on Frank Bruni's NYT article) "One Sunny Day Doesn't Make a Summer" here on MEDIUM.

As for George W. Bush. In so many ways he was a poor President. But I give him enormous credit for his enspiring description of the benefits to the U.S. of immigration through his paintings.