On this Martin Luther King Day, with the 50th anniversary of the New Frontier just a few days away, R. Sargent "Sarge" Shriver is in critical condition in a Washington area hospital.
The father of the Peace Corps (and, yes, of Maria Shriver) is 95 and suffers from Alzheimer's. As a good and decent man and an exemplary public servant — albeit one with suave "Mad Men" looks — he seems like a relic from another age. Perhaps it's just as well that his disease keeps him from knowing what's going on in politics today.
We cats would curl up at the foot of Sargent Shriver's hospital bed if we could. But since we can't, we simply PURR in his direction and wish him well.
UPDATE, Tuesday, January 18: "Sarge came to embody the idea of public service," President Obama said today.
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