The last time I saw Walter Mondale was the day I graduated from law school. Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro delivered the commencement address. That was six years ago. The man is nearly eighty now and looks remarkably good for his age. It must be something in that Scandinavian DNA. Listening to Mondale made me nostalgic for the heyday of progressive politics in Minnesota, an era I never witnessed firsthand. He bemoaned the lack of civility in modern politics and the fiscal irresponsibility that is driving our country towards insolvency. I think he remains generally optimistic about the future of our nation, but he sounded like a man with deep reservations about our current leadership.
Temperatures here in Minnesota are going to remain below zero until Monday. I consider myself a hearty Midwesterner, but this is brutal even by my standards.
