Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Going to the White House was always a big deal for Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He was 36 years old when he was working for the Kennedy Administration as the Assistant Secretary of Labor. On the afternoon of 22 November 1963, he was lunching with two friends when the telephone rang with the news. Disbelief. Shock.
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To an independent outsider, the quarrel and discord between oppositional wings have made the Democratic Party appear obsolete. Neither the DNC leadership nor the operatives, those attached to the traditional role of polity, appear capable of recognizing who their constituencies are, let alone defining what they want from the Party. The predictable course of any
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Henry David Thoreau’s words summarize my perspective on how to approach our all too brief time on this good earth. “I went for a walk in the woods…. It was wonderfully warm and pleasant.” I hope you will find your way here on your walk through the woods and meadows or along the city streets.
Charles van Heck's Woodhull Journal 