* Years ago Illinois Sen. Everett Dirkson offered notably sound advice to his son-in-law, Howard Baker, who had recently been elected senator from Tennessee and had just given a rather windy maiden speech in the Senate. “Perhaps you should occasionally allow yourself the luxury of an unexpressed thought.”
* Doctors have prescribed a wheelchair, cane and physical therapy to help heel Pope Francis’ bad knee. The Pope, 85, smiled through the pain and quipped that a shot of tequila would be enough. What would Jesus say? “Cheers”?