I've always liked Katie Couric

by Don Wheeler

Back when I used to watch network television, I liked Katie Couric on the Today Show. I remember she was derided by some for being perky (or something like that). I remember her response being something like "There are worse things I could be called".

I remember how she's handled all sorts of adversity which would have left many of us completely non-functional.

She wrote a real cool children's book in 2000, by the way, called "The Brand New Kid". I bought it before Sarah was more than a concept, thinking she would like it. I was right - it's a favorite.

So I'm not surprised that Ms. Couric, bucking the status quo again, made a point of drawing our attention to the treatment of Hillary Clinton in this past campaign. Ms. Clinton was not anything close to my first choice for the nomination, but I think we should think about how the narrative went - particularly when the air of inevitability was released.

It reminds me of pirhanas feeding.