Something Other Than the Baby
I promise - The Burrow will not turn into a grandma blog. It's just that I am obsessed right now, surrounded as I am by baby paraphernalia and a nursing mother and a little ball of love. But there are other things going on in the world, things upon which I must comment. First, let us take a moment an mourn the loss of James Brady. Younger readers may not remember that he was President Ronald Reagan's press secretary early in Reagan's first term. I enjoyed his repartee; quick wit is often frowned upon in political circles but he was a master of the art form. His genial demeanor made up for the fact that he was working for a man whose idea of trickle down economics made my blood boil. And then, in 1981, he was shot in the head by a mentally ill young man, as he was standing 10' from his boss. Brain damage, partial paralysis, constant pain ... none of them stopped him from becoming an advocate for stronger, sensible, background check legislatio...