I’m a very, very idealistic person.  And I’ve got a sentimental streak wider than my shoulders.

But I’ve bred a healthy – mostly – streak of cynicism into myself when it comes to the media, to pop culture, to public society.  With people as individuals, I trust but verify. With most public personae, I distrust and, if debunking fails, might be amenable to discussion.

So it took me a whole reading of Nick Coleman’s mother’s day column before I was able to tell my internal cynic to take a break, grab a drink, come back in a few.

I’m not going to quote it.  Read it, and if you have an angle on it – well, you know what to do.

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