Posted by
ParallaxAdHoc on Sunday, August 23, 2009 5:44:11 PM
I woke up to a WLIW rerun of a Peggy Noonan interview with a TV host I didn’t know, who looked like James Stewart, the actor. The interview was centered on her book “Patriotic Grace.” I like Peggy Noonan a lot and her weekly column is in my must read list, even after she started dumping on Sarah Palin in the 2008 campaign. But I must admit this is the first time I’ve heard of this particular book of hers.
The title of her book hastened to clear the cobwebs in my head and brought into focus what the critical mission for my day was. The most important item in my agenda was to follow the singles matches of the Solheim Cup which was at a dead even 8-8 after the second day of play.
The golf bug got me more than two decades ago. I find golf the perfect metaphor for life itself. This is because the overall outcome of a round crucially depends on how well you can recover from any disaster along the way. But when I saw the LPGA’s Team America sporting on their cheeks patriotic patches like the flag and the Liberty Bell, golf assumed a different dimension in my mind.
It was such a breath of fresh air to see a group of Americans so eager and so determined to win for their country. The euphoria soaking the event was awesome especially at a time when President Barack Hussein Obama is so eager and so determined to make a ritual of apologizing for this country every occasion he gets.
As this was written Team America won and retained the Solheim Cup. Congratulations, golfers. You make America proudJ