Good morning, Whitewater
One often hears that March arrives like a lion, and leaves like a lamb. We’ll see.
In our schools today, the Book Fair at Washington School — proud home of the Golden Eagles — continues today. At the High School today, at 6:30 p.m., there is a scheduled Music Parents meeting.
It’s an astonishing day in Wisconsin and American history today. For those patronizing the Washington School Book Fair, perhaps something to commemorate Dr. Seuss’s birthday — Theodor Geisel was born this day in 1904. The History Channel has a link to a video highlighting events today, including Seuss’s birthday.
(It’s also the anniversary of the New York premiere of the original King Kong.)
In Wisconsin History, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society, Senator Russ Feingold was born today in 1953:
On this date U.S. Senator Russ Feingold was born in Janesville, Wisconsin. Feingold graduated from Janesville Craig High School in 1971. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1975 and attended Magdalen College in Oxford, England as a Rhodes Scholar. He received a graduate degree in 1977 and graduated from Harvard University Law School in 1979. He was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1979 and practiced law in Madison, Wisconsin from 1979-1985. He served as a visiting professor at Beloit College 1985 and a member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1983 to 1993. Feingold was elected in 1992 as a Democrat to the United States Senate, reelected in 1998 and in 2004 for the term ending January 3, 2011.
I am no fan of Feingold’s position on so-called campaign finance reform (McCain-Feingold limits speech through its restrictions on campaign spending), but there’s no doubt that he’s been one of the most noted senators in Wisconsin’s history. Feingold’s views are sometimes unpopular even within his own party, and I respect his resolute advocacy. Many senators, even from large states, are dull and unimpressive; one could never say that of Feingold.
Happy birthday.