REPRISE

Yesterday I wrote about how much I will miss George Carlin. So many others feel as I do. That Op-ed piece was written by Jerry Seinfeld, another man who has made us laugh but never quite as irreverently as George Carlin managed to make us do. Here is a man who contributed more reality perspective to his country as a service, made us laugh at ourselves, and forced us to think out of the box with him.

While Tim Russert was eulogized (and no one ever says a negative thing in a
eulogy) there were many who saw what was less visible to the world. Not every one thought he was a smiling, benign journalist. However, his death makes us face yet another reality. Even when you are doing everything to take care of yourself, it still might not work.

Since I do not believe in a malevolent Higher Power, I do not believe there was retribution in either death. Both were just two more deaths in the life cycle of humans. They just happened to influence and affect more lives than most of us ever achieve.