Goines On: Holy days, holidays...all folly days?

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Looking for something old to fill the day’s posting slot, Goines discovered that exactly 14 years earlier he had railed against holidays, including both the secular ones like the Fourth of July and the holy ones (“holy” was in quotes). He had declared that about the only good thing to be said for holidays was that they excused us from going to the office.

    Had Goines been going through hard times at the office 14 years ago? He doubted they were hard times. They were midway through the tenure of UNC President Erskine Bowles, and Erskine was delightful, more outgoing than Molly Corbett Broad had been.

Seeking Credible Stories about the Future of Donald Trump

A challenge for storymakers

By Moristotle & Paul Clark (aka motomynd)

Moristotle to both budding and fully flowered storytellers in search of an idea: I challenge you to write a credible story for Moristotle & Co. about the future of Donald Trump – if he has a future – or about his end, if you imagine he does not. I even offer you a scenario to get started:

One U.S. President conducts his life differently

Hail to Jimmy Carter!

By Moristotle

Former President Jimmy Carter has written 33 books since leaving office in 1981, according to this article in yesterday’s Washington Post: "The un-celebrity president Jimmy Carter shuns riches, lives modestly in his Georgia hometown" [Kevin Sullivan & Mary Jordan, photos by Matt McClain].

Fish for Friday

Edited by Morris Dean

[Anonymous selections from recent correspondence]

Madison Kimrey speaks about her petition to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory: "Let’s Sit Down and Enjoy a Snack Together." The following video will be featured for "International Day of the Girl: A Message to the United Nations":

Not to be Louised again....

Let's hope that we don't get Louised again when it comes to health care reform. But did you know that the actress who played Louise in that oh-so-effective 1994 anti-health care reform advertisement was actually for reform...and almost walked off the job when she saw the script she was to perform? At any rate, so reported Judith Warner yesterday on her New York Times blog, titled "Louise’s Second Act":

Fifteen years after she starred in the infamous Harry and Louise ads — the televised spots that are generally credited with having turned the tide of public opinion against Clinton-era health reform — she and Harry are back, angling for a shot at redemption, with a new ad campaign, “Get the Job Done,” in support of the Obama plan.