COMMENT FROM THE ARTICLE:
This man, David Mamet, I knew as a college student for about three years in Vermont. We spoke, played fierce ping pong games and he was a person who I admired in many ways. I can still see him, in my mind’s eye; jogging on a path, very earlyin the morning in the cold dewy Vermont Spring with sweat pants and a tee shirt. I can remember him on his set of Waiting for Godot directing with great intensity, my roommate who was a member of his cast. His ego was never apparent and his clear eyes were never clouded with self promotion and above all, and most to his credit; he was a very solid man; a man without guile.
Over the years I have tracked his progress; it would have been impossible not to. And as someone who became more conservative as soon as I left the Peace Corps and began to enter the hard scrabble world of business I was a little disappointed that David was, seemingly, such a strong member of the liberal side of the political spectrum.
Over the past few years I have become quite distressed watching my beloved country rewarding so much bad behavior and tearing itself down even as the goodness of so many millions of Americans have been placed here and there for the benefit of those who are TRULY unfortunate in all corners of the world. We are a good sort of people; not perfect and not without fault but down deep, basically optomistic and good. This optomism has come from the deep well of free enterprise and from our Constitution
which gives us the right to feel good and fair.
So; with the changing of David Mamet I feel as though I am seeing the beginning of the turning of the tide and hope it is just in time to save our system and protect our place at the top of the world order as there are others, more hingry than we who are ready to grab the reins and who wilol be far, far less fair, ultruistic and kind than we have been.
Great post and follow up DFU! Thanks!
Things haven't changed, David. Just your point of view.............