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...That Old Feeling reaches the threatening threes: the third year for The Feelies. Each January I pause, in my shamble toward senility, to honor some of the people, things and events I?ve written about in the previous 12 months. With The Feelies, I take a trip back into the garage of classic pop culture and say another thank you to the refuse or relics left there among the cobwebs of memory. Perhaps I should also thank the cobwebs; for if they obstruct the clarity of the rear-view mirror, they also ornament it - they dress my favorite old songs...
...fighting losing battles in the short run, so that they can reshape the debates of their day in the long run. This is not one of those moments. The future has already arrived, and the long run has begun to play itself out in vivid fashion. Nader can best honor the causes that he champions by sitting this...
Against that backdrop, Rose presents a difficult case. His credentials for the Hall of Fame are superb--no player has had as many career hits--but before he can be voted on by the baseball writers (who initially have the power to grant that ultimate honor), he must be reinstated in the good graces of the game. Only the commissioner has that authority. And no commissioner thus far has seen fit to pardon anyone, because the lifetime ban has been an almost perfect immunization against the gambling virus...
...watering down the antigambling deterrent that has been effective for more than 80 years. Such a decision would not be popular, perhaps, but there are times when a public-opinion poll does not produce a principled result. Rose alone has kept himself out of the Hall of Fame. That honor should go to honorable players, umpires, executives and managers. If it is not in Pete Rose to be sorry or sad or to feel guilty, then it should not be in Commissioner Selig to feel merciful. For most of us, the premise of forgiveness is contrition. So, as Rose...
...wall-to-wall beach-party decor throughout the weekend--colorful lanterns, beach chairs under umbrellas and a kids' beanbag toss. The highlight of the event is the family-pride awards. The nominees are culled from among family members, and the awards can be given for anything from making the honor roll to graduating from college to baking the best pies. Last year, a cousin who had lost her mother several years earlier nominated matriarch Annie Butler, 86, for a family-pride award, saying "You've been my mother when I had none." Says Waters: "There's never...