"That's the Way It Is"

Everyone remembers Walter Cronkite announcing JFK's death from the CBS newsroom, his Viet Nam and space program reporting and election nights. One of my favorite Cronkite moments came the night he reported the bombing of a black church in Alabama in the early sixties where several people died. The governor, George Wallace, was being defiant and obnoxious in a film clip, as he always was in those days. When the camera came back to Walter he was wincing in disgust at Wallace. Cronkite's expression said it all. The hooligans on Fox couldn't achieve such a moment to save their lives. Thanks, Walter, for getting us through the 60's and 70's. You are the gold standard.

It is 117 degrees here in the desert today so we are about to head off to L.A. where it will be 40 degrees cooler. Red wine in a cool room high above it all is my idea of a well-spent weekend.