...cause for a joyous celebration.

Don't know who it was. But I think it was a college professor. On National Public Radio. He decried making Presidents' Day a national holiday. Used to be that we had separate holidays for Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays. Then we combined the two. And finally, it evolved into a holiday to honor all of our presidents. The professor said that was a mistake. And I agree. Like him, I don't think every president we've had deserves to be honored with a holiday. Not the mediocre presidents. Or the terribly bad ones, like George Bush. Maybe we should have a holiday when Bush leaves office. That would be cause for a joyous celebration. --Jim Broede