A Legend In His Own Minefield

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Fathers Day

Fathers Day

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John Mendelssohn
Jun 21, 2010
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It’s Fathers Day, and the only felicitations I’ve received have been from a dear friend. I don’t expect to hear from my daughter, who was similarly preoccupied on Fathers Day in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. Our estrangement used to bother me beyond my ability to express, but the pain has turned over the years into a dull ach…

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