Stardog,

Interesting how you should mention that James Steele is your ex-fiancee's father. I'm sorry that reading his article brought up bittersweet memories for you. And no, there's nothing lame about a man crying!! Jeez, you were personally connected to this person at one time, it makes sense for seeing his name to evoke some kind of emotion in you.

I've never met the man in person, but my one sister has, which is strange in itself. I wasn't even aware until you pointed it out that he used to work for the Inquirer that he's the same Jim Steele that my sister knew. (She did some grunt work at the Inquirer for a short time many years ago). Or the fact that he was one of the authors of the article mentioned in this post. In my haste, I never even bothered to check the byline. Strange!!

He is a brilliant writer, and I actually wrote a commentary on an article he wrote in the Inquirer a few years back, so while I can't say that I knew the man, personally, I can say that I had an editorial published about one of his articles. And as for "America: What Went Wrong?" Nothing short of brilliant, IMO!! Small world, eh?

Once again, sorry if reading that brought up some bittersweet memories for you, but the fact that he's moved on to writing for Time Magazine is something to be proud about, at least. Philadelphia may have lost a great writer, but the world has gained him, in a sense, so that in itself is something to be said about how talented the man is as a writer.

Eeyore