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Looks like an all nighter with Weiner. After midnight they start to look back.

At Hyde Park. The wheelcair.

Wheelchair. Hyde Park.

Eleanor’s bed at Hyde Park. Tells you everything.

Hyde Park Road, FDR’s health club: drag yourself to the end and back using crutches, no braces. Every day.

At FDR’s home and library, Hyde Park, NY. Thanks to the power of history (and a great staff) all still original and great looking after 68 years.

On the table today. Name that eye.

Sassy signing off for the night.

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Last January Aaron Swartz committed suicide. He had been hounded into a state of deep depression by an overzealous prosecutor in Massachusetts, who wanted to make a public example of a young man who devoted his life to making information free; a function, to him, of a strong democracy. The cruelty in this story is palpable. He was the kind of person we need more of if we are to prevail in our battle for sanity and humanity which, only occasionally, in the US, can be won. This round, however, went to the other side.
Many thanks to The Baffler, where Aaron was a contributor. John Summers, editor and my partner for the project, the great Patrick jb Flynn of The Flynnstitue. We took a complex story and poured it into a full page. Proud of my friends. And sad to lose a friend to free speech. RIP Aaron.