Donna Brazile

My good friend Adam Herman has thrown his support to Hillary Rodham Clinton to be Kerry's running mate. I expect that he speaks for many of his generation. See my comments on the subject published on the 'bert sherbertMONSTER I suppose that no area of human endeavor sees as much daily butting of heads between pure idealism and down and dirty pragmatism as politics. A nicely balanced view of that phenomona is rendered by Donna Brazile in her new book, which I have just finished A Little Grease. She should be read by idealists to gain some perspective on pragmatists -- and conversley....