#577 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Tuesday February 7)
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Good morning, WISDOM AND PERSPECTIVE FROM HARRY TRUMAN A month or so ago I commented on the rhetoric of two great Americans of the 1950s—Adlai Stevenson and Dwight Eisenhower, both of whom offered themselves up for president. I was moved by their essential humanity, searing logic, and challenge to their fellow citizens to simply be better. Before their battles for the presidency, there was an “accidental president.” Harry S Truman (the “S” stands for nothing, by the way) ascending to the presidency upon the death of the beloved (or, in some circles, reviled) FDR.
#577 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Tuesday February 7)
#577 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Tuesday…
#577 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Tuesday February 7)
Good morning, WISDOM AND PERSPECTIVE FROM HARRY TRUMAN A month or so ago I commented on the rhetoric of two great Americans of the 1950s—Adlai Stevenson and Dwight Eisenhower, both of whom offered themselves up for president. I was moved by their essential humanity, searing logic, and challenge to their fellow citizens to simply be better. Before their battles for the presidency, there was an “accidental president.” Harry S Truman (the “S” stands for nothing, by the way) ascending to the presidency upon the death of the beloved (or, in some circles, reviled) FDR.