Many years ago---when I had a much higher opinion of Graham, Mike made a statement here that left no doubt that he had a far lower opinion of Graham than me.
Looking back, Mike's far more accurate insight still leaves me with a mighty humble feeling
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis