When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.
A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created.”
That is the Senator Graham I will remember today. Not because I have forgotten what came after. Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love.
I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump.
As ‘The Bear’ closed its doors at FX on Hulu after five seasons, the series finale paid a subtle tribute to late star Rob Reiner, who appeared as Albert Schnurr in a three-episode arc during Season 4.
“Albert, we are in business,” Ebra (Edwin Lee Gibson) says into the phone. “It’s perfect. I will have all the documents, email it to you immediately. Anything else I can do?”
Although Albert cannot be heard on the other end of the line, the conversation clearly goes well. “As you wish,” adds Ebra, quoting Westley (Cary Elwes) in the Reiner-helmed 1987 romance ‘The Princess Bride.’
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