Reference point: "With malice toward none; with charity for all"
My brother was the first to call. We chatted about Barry Bonds: What justice is there in his going four for 27 in the 1991 play-offs as a Pittsburgh Pirate (our favorite team as young fans), and then, as a San Francisco Giant, hitting 73 home runs, four of them in his last six times at bat? Suddenly my brother let me have it. “Are you sure it was the Second Inaugural?” he asked. It was one of those stunning moments when something becomes instantly clear. “It was the Annual Message to Congress,” I replied.