THOSE WE LOST THIS WEEK

It seems as though every day this month we heard of the passing of another historic figure in American or global affairs or culture. Just this past week, we lost the writer Joan Didion, former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and the football guru John Madden.

Their deaths are a reminder that we are all mortal and that life is until further notice. I hope we remember these lost souls as we enter the new year and try to leave the world a little better than we found it.