When the master sat at breakfast he did not yet know that this was the last day—of course there would be other days, but the end was written and he couldn’t change it despite his bluster: The last day when servants would salute and bow, when children would return his wave...
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...when staff would laugh at his jokes or make excuses for his lies, when his family would vie for his favor, when enemies would quake at his insults, when tradesmen would flatter him and extend him credit. It was the last day; but he didn’t yet know it. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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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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