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Many of us grew up reading the popular comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes." To regular readers, Calvin represents more than just a simple source of humor; he holds a special place in our hearts. Through the power of a child's imagination, we are whisked away to a wonderful realm of talking tigers, fantastic space sagas and breathtaking sled rides...
...CALVIN COOLIDGE...
...fears: Who will be the Gorbachev of 2085? Will we have another Hitler? Who will rescue us from him? It's a historical tautology that leaders are generated by their times and that great issues produce great men. (One historian, in TIME's ranking of U.S. Presidents, observes that Calvin Coolidge was "unlucky" enough to live in boring times.) And while we can't predict the leaders of the next decade, let alone the century, we can at least glimpse the likely shape of their...
...decor is equally incoherent. Rusty license plates and an old clock advertising dog food hang alongside the display of Calvin Klein hosiery. Outside the dressing rooms looms a bizarre vintage shoe-shine chair, and in the back of the store, a fine antique wooden armoire is surrounded by pairs and pairs of Doc Martens...
When he reached voting age, he marked his first ballot for Republican Calvin Coolidge in 1924. Five decades later, he ran for President himself. But it is what he accomplished in between that made Dr. Benjamin Spock one of the most famous and controversial figures of his century. He single-handedly changed the way parents raise their children. He preached, albeit gently, that what infants need most from their mothers and fathers is love. Babies are not, he argued (against the prevailing wisdom of the times), little savages who must be broken to adult schedules as quickly as possible...