How strange to read about old classmate Al Franken in the NY Times Magazine. The whole article structured on the theme of wrestling (didn't they do that with Rummy, & Jesse Ventura too, a while back?). I wrote them a letter about it.

name, grad. class     weight class

Jim Gould, '71             95
Henry Gould, '70          112
Al Franken, '69           120
Chris Kraemer, '70        133

Jim & Chris were the really good wrestlers.

What bothers me about the liberal talk radio schtick is that it imitates Rush Limbaugh's project : macho-aggressive- ressentiment-parlayed-into-political-influence. & which reminds me of the role of hate radio in the Rwandan genocide. (I guess I shouldn't take it so seriously.)