I knew it was gonna go out. It was just a question of it being fair or foul. The wind must have carried it 15 feet toward the foul pole. I just stood there and watched. I didn't want to miss seeing it go out.
“One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.”
“I had grown up as a fan of Studs Terkel. In Chicago he sort of looms large and is mentioned often.”