Columnist Bob Novak was stricken with a malignant brain tumor and wrote of how it had changed his life. Novak, who was known for his conservative columns, received support from Ted Kennedy and his wife, Vickie Kennedy. He has had little good to say about Kennedy in his columns, but they were a support none the less. He mentioned that he had surgery at the Duke Medical Center, a hard thing to accept from a rabid University of Maryland fan. Novak went on to say that husband and wife journalists, Al Hunt and Judy Woodruff, two people he rarely agrees with, helped him with accommodations near the hospital.
Novak had been somewhat critical of President George W. Bush; but at 7:24 a.m. on Aug. 15, 2008, the president phoned him at the hospital, six minutes before surgery. Novak thought he had made many enemies with his bluntly expressed opinions but found many friends among those he had criticized. He believes those friends and his faith will help sustain him in his struggle.


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A businessman was queried about his feelings toward a competitor up the street.

“There’s nothing in the world I wouldn’t do for Bill Johnson,” he said, “and there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for me. That’s the way we are. We go through life doing nothing for each other.”



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A couple of boys were fishing at their special pond off the beaten track. All of a sudden, the Game Warden jumped out of the bushes. Immediately, one of the boys threw his fishing pole down and started running through the woods. The Game Warden was hot on his heels.

After about a half mile, the boy stopped to catch his breath, so the Game Warden finally caught up to him. “Let’s see yer fishin’ license, little man!” the Warden gasped.

With that, the boy pulled out his wallet and gave the Game Warden a valid fishing license.

“Well, son,” said the Game Warden, “you must be about as dumb as a box of rocks! You don’t have to run from me if you have a valid license!”

“Yes, sir,” replied the young man, “but my friend back there – well, he don’t have one.”


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