Just realized, it's Dad's birthday!

Dec 17. Just realized, it's Dad's birthday!

To some in my family he was a horrible husband, a brute, alkie, philanderer, deserving of the harsh divorce. To some folks, he was a great man who helped turn politics around in our then-heavily Democratic state.

He died at age 50, when I was 15. I'm more than a decade older than he ever got to be. Gives me a certain perspective. He was my dad and I've missed him for getting close to half a century.

HBD, JWT.