For all bibliophiles and those passionate about politics and journalism. ( )

Garry speaks to me, Catholic, Baltimore, sticking around for my funeral, an observer, not a participant, my wife is the only one, but, ... I was expecting _much_ more.... A collection of connections, the people whose lives he intersected with. Some better than others. Wills isn't afraid to name names. His great friendship with Bill Buckley, for instance. Natalie, his wife saved him from being absorbed. Studs Terkel, otoh, is every bit the mensh. As an unapologetic liberal, me that is, without saying so out loud, Wills may be wishing his liberal credits were more clear-cut. ( )