R.I.P. Russert
One personal note I have to make public: I am so very distressed at the death of Tim Russert.
Here was a member of my generation's tribe, a better behaved man than most of us, who rose to success, defying the standards set by the media (see the movie Broadcast News for more reference to this issue) and settling firmly into the mainstream to become a force. He stood for something rare and important for his generation.
To fall in such a pedestrian manner is both distressing and demoralizing to Baby Boomers everywhere for whom the bell tolled. We are a generation so much more lost than Hemingway's troupe. That a rare few managed to break barriers, beat the odds and continue to help us believe there is a city on the hill was that which helped keep many hopes alive.
However, Buffalo Bill is defunct.
Here was a member of my generation's tribe, a better behaved man than most of us, who rose to success, defying the standards set by the media (see the movie Broadcast News for more reference to this issue) and settling firmly into the mainstream to become a force. He stood for something rare and important for his generation.
To fall in such a pedestrian manner is both distressing and demoralizing to Baby Boomers everywhere for whom the bell tolled. We are a generation so much more lost than Hemingway's troupe. That a rare few managed to break barriers, beat the odds and continue to help us believe there is a city on the hill was that which helped keep many hopes alive.
However, Buffalo Bill is defunct.
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