A Harris poll I've seen says only 12 percent of the electorate names taxes as one of the most important issues facing the nation. Voters put tax cuts dead last, behind education, Social Security, health care, Medicare and poverty.
But I also think all of the great stories in literature deal with loneliness. Sometimes it's by way of heartbreak, sometimes it's by way of injustice, sometimes it's by way of fate. There's an infinite number of ways to examine it.
| Pearl Bailey, Actress (1918) |
| Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, Novelist (1831) |
| Earl Campbell, Athlete (1955) |
| Jennifer Capriati, Athlete (1976) |
| Billy Carter, Celebrity (1937) |
| James E. Casey, Businessman (1888) |
| Perry Farrell, Musician (1959) |
| Martin Fleischmann, Scientist (1927) |
| Robert Gibbs, Public Servant (1971) |
| Brendan Gleeson, Actor (1955) |
| Joyce Cary, Novelist (1957) |
| Helene Deutsch, Psychologist (1982) |
| Helge Ingstad, Explorer (2001) |
| Otto Hermann Kahn, Businessman (1934) |
| John Keble, Clergyman (1866) |

