Sunday, 10/13/02

I was sorry to hear that Stephen Ambrose died today, from lung cancer. I'm in the middle of HBO's rebroadcast of the surprisingly terrific Band of Brothers miniseries, and I've been looking forward to the book he was working on when he died. In a Newshour interview with David Gergen in Jule he described it as "an account of the parts of American history that appeal to me, because I've changed my mind so completely on them." It sounded like genius to me. Read the transcript.

I'm going window-shopping in a kitchen supply store to try to cheer myself up. 02:58PM «

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