George H.W. Bush spoke at a tribute to veterans on the U.S.S. Intrepid. He has the good bones of his class, and carries his eighty years well. But he shows those years.

Earlier today, I was in a cab, listening to Brian Lehrer of WNYC, the local NPR station. He was interviewing some feisty old New Yorker, smart, crabby. After a minute, I realized he was Mario Cuomo. I still hear the urgent tenor of the San Francisco Convention.

And how have I changed since the Eighties?