Left, Right, Gone!

Jody Powell, Press Secretary under the Carter Administration, died a few years ago.

William Safire, speech writer for President Nixon, also passed away soon afterwards.

These two men left a legacy of words.

Mr Safire was remembered more than his B/W iconic PR photo of the Cold War:

He left us with a Dictionary of Political Terms.

If we included Mr Cronkite into this communication pantheon, then we got a Press Secretary, a Speech writer, and a Newscaster. Left, right and center (supposedly).

I was struck by what the author of “the Middle of Everywhere” wrote:  ” On 9/11, the book I had just finished seemed meaningless”. She went on to quote Buddha ( when asked about the effect of the Enlightenment), as saying “before Enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water. After Enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water.)

ABC News went on after