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Greeson: Think for yourself on this side of the looking glass

Jay Greeson
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Maybe it’s because my generation was raised with an actor in the White House.

Maybe, since the Gipper was the president, we should never be surprised by the possibility of celebrity on today’s world stage.

If anyone of us went back to 1993 and tried to predict any of the tangents from the North Korea-U.S. talks, it would have required four Tylenols and two mixed drinks or a week’s worth of therapy.

Picture this:

An eccentric NBA player who once showed up for a book signing in a wedding dress and was more known for his nickname (Worm) and his hair color than most anything else in his career might appear on the cover of Time magazine for his role in the negotiations.