Out of retirement, Fred Thompson wrote in the Wall Street Journal yesterday:

An education system cannot overcome the breakdown of the family, and the social fabric that surrounds children daily.

How true. I have a lengthy post sitting here that I haven’t gotten around to sourcing and completing that says the same thing. Fred said it far more succinctly than I.

Also blogged on this date . . .

• Boulevardier - 2022
• This Is Not My Hat - 2022
• Orioles vs. Twins - 2021
• Movin' Out - 2020
• Porterhouse Searing in Cast Iron - 2020
• Butterscotch - 2012
• The Nose Knows - 2011
• Letters - 2011
• Happy Birthday, Bob - 2010
• Greek Festival - 2009
• A Peaceful Sunday Morning - 2009
• I Believe - 2008
• Greek Festival - 2007
• Character Matters - 2007
• Senator Torricelli - 2001