A good weekend to you. Bob Dole is remembered this week for a life of service that began in World War II, his ready (and often cutting) partisan wit and bipartisan generosity. Those of us who covered the war in Bosnia in the 1990s recall how Bob Dole spoke out early against the genocide of Muslims there and tried to change U.S policy. This week’s essay, on his role in yet another chapter of history, is here.
I do have my own favorite. And it may be unexpected. Tim Minchin, the gloriously talented Olivier and Tony Award-winning composer (Matilda the Musical and Groundhog Day, The Musical, etc.) is a "cussing Sir Noel Coward … with eyeliner and an Australian accent,” as I introduced him in our first interview, 10 years ago. Tim is also an outspoken atheist who likes Christmas. “It's sentimental, I know,” he sings. “But I just really like it.” This time of year, I lapse into a puddle to hear his "Drinking White Wine in the Sun" from his first Christmas in cold London with his wife and daughter, longing for family in Australia. Bet you can’t hear him sing, “wherever you are and whatever you face/These are the people who'll make you feel safe,” without blubbering, too.
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