Whenever the stress of duty weighed heavy upon him the master remembered the advice of an old soldier: “Just remember a time when you were truly happy.” Nobody could divine his secret. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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It was too much to expect of them. How were they to know that happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story?
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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