The following excerpt is from Slate magazines "Today's Papers" service. It is excerpted from Bill Clinton's remarks to the people of Selma, about the bloody civil rights march that took place ther eonly 35 years ago.

I have no drum to play for Bill Clinton who has more faces than I want to count. But this quote seems to me to reflect both on an important piece of recent history, and as well on why we keep doing what we do on the Cat and in the world:

"[T]hose of you who marched 35 years ago set me free, too, on Bloody Sunday--free to know you, to work with you, to love you, to raise my child to celebrate our differences and hallow our common humanity."

Seems to me the last line is an international mission statement of undying importance and universal application: to celebrate our differences and hallow our common humanity.

Here's to his unknown speechwriter.

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