Lest one read the previous entry and think Christmas was all about me, we got Mom The Assassin’s Gate, Hubris, and Imperial Life in the Emerald City, as well as Bette Midler’s tribute album to Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett’s Duets album, and Rod Stewart’s Great American Songbook, Volume 2. The remaining members of the family …

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Oh my. My mother decided I needed more books, which is like saying the ocean needs more salt. I received all three of Robert Caro’s prize-winning biographies of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power, Means of Ascent, and Master of the Senate. If that weren’t enough, my sister got me Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of …

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