Error Correction to previous post...

One of my readers caught a dumb mistake I made in the previous post. Actually, it was my extremely well-read brother, who has an eye for detail, as demonstrated by his fiendishly rendered pen & ink wildlife drawings and oil landscapes. Anyhow, I had originally identified Dan Rather as the reporter to whom Egyptian President Anwar Sadat made a surprise announcement of his willingness to visit Israel to meet with Menachem Begin and make a start on a peaceful resolution of their long conflict. It was, of course, Walter Cronkite, NOT Dan Rather. I apologize for the error, which I have corrected in an updated post.