"But if we accepted our original premise that baseball is a way to understand American history, then the story continues".
He made clear that if we accepted the challenge and the struggle, we could have better insurance coverage without preëxisting condition exclusions or sudden disappearance of benefits.
But it still got me thinking: wouldn't most of us be happier if we accepted that we're not stunners, and we shouldn't necessarily have to be?
On the other hand, if we accepted that we, too, will one day become old, we would be clamouring for generous pay and good conditions for those who might have to help look after us.
Even if we accepted that appraisal — and we do not — there is no guarantee the department will continue to function well under the next police commissioner or the one after that.
He'd intended to write a long statement about the futility of retaliation in the belief that "sensitivity and understanding is the question, and that we wouldn't be in this mess if we accepted dignity and justice as a way of life".
