Side by side in today's Washington Post. First its coverage of the Supreme Court hearing of the Rev. Phelps demonstration near the funeral of a soldier. Second an article on the death of a food cart vendor in DC, who over 20 or so years developed an extensive network of friends among the people who bought from him.
Why the "best and worst"? The activities of Rev. Phelps are disgusting and disgraceful. They also, IMHO, should be legal if I understand the situation correctly, i.e., that while close to the funeral, the demonstrators weren't at the funeral. Meanwhile, Carlos Guardado was making friends on K street, a site not known for its public-spirited and outgoing denizens. Starting as an illegal immigrant, he became legal. As a book by Harry Golden once said: "Only in America". (Golden coined the "Vertical Negro Rule" and inspired Calvin Trillin to coin the Harry Golden rule: "in present-day America it's very difficult, when commenting on events of the day, to invent something so bizarre that it might not actually come to pass while your piece is still on the presses."
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