In The Instances, Dennis Overbye chronicled and captured the magic of a current marvel with none semantic straining, any verbal extra: “In the present day, in one of many biggest one-day migrations in historical past, people flocked by the tens of millions to a swath of North America that was briefly forged in a shadow of darkness and surprise. They crowded into airplanes, buses and trains, braved site visitors jams, and slept in overpriced motels, in tents and of their automobiles. For a cosmic second, they have been related throughout the millenniums with each different one who has ever skilled an eclipse, witnessing the sunshine die after which be reborn as a blinding ring.” (Judy Walters, Naperville, Unwell.)
Additionally in The Instances, Pete Wells praised a messy, onion-y creation of the “hamburgerologist” George Motz at his new Manhattan restaurant: “This burger tastes like late-night drives into empty downtowns, of low cost beer on boardwalks and wax paper at fly-by-night carnivals, of locations the place you discuss to bizarre characters you wouldn’t meet within the daytime. The fast-food chains pushed all of this out of their franchises. Mr. Motz’s Oklahoma burger brings it again. It tastes like trustworthy American grease.” (Toni Barnhart, Hilo, Hawaii, and Jill H. Tempo, North Bethesda, Md.)
David French shared this sensible perception: “The older I get, the extra I’m satisfied that we merely don’t know who we’re — or what we actually consider — till our values carry a value.” (Ben Harding, Boulder, Colo.)
And Esau McCaulley shared this one: “Dad and mom can solely make deposits of pleasure. We can not management when our youngsters will make the withdrawals.” (Helen C. Gagel, Evanston, Unwell. )
In The Atlantic, Brian Klaas contemplated a paradox: “Authorities officers are deemed concurrently too inept to handle, say, well being care administration, and all-powerful sufficient to execute a posh world conspiracy involving a cabal of 1000’s with none errors or leaks. (Name it ‘Schrodinger’s Bureaucrat.’)” (David Director, Media, Pa., and David Mercer, Seattle)
