Happy Birthday John C. Calhoun, looking spry and lively at 222 years old. The Cast Iron Man lives in the hearts of many, particularly in the last 20 or so years, when his political theories and constitutional ideas have regained popularity. "Concurrent majorities" anyone?

And the same birthday greetings to the last great Democratic president, Buffalo's finest, Grover Cleveland. A small government man, the last in the aging Jeffersonian-Jacksonian line, he vacationed up here in NH. In fact, his son, who lived in NH, died within the last 5-10 years; I can remember the television special on him, saying with wonder, "Just think, these eyes looked upon President Grover Cleveland." Unfortunately the son did not remember much, only sitting on his father's lap admiring his large moustache.