I don’t remember Paul Wellstone. If it hadn’t been for Google, I would have spelled his name “Welstone.” He died in a plane crash on Friday, along with family members and several staffers. I had heard his name. I knew that he was a U.S. Senator from somewhere in the northern Midwest. He was a Democrat, so I knew he had to be part of the old Democrat-Farm-Labor voting bloc, the same bloc that gave us Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern, and Walter Mondale. How much more did I need to know about Senator Wellstone? Paul Wellstone was an important man. … Continue reading Should We Mourn Dead Politicians?