"He instinctively can find the shining greatness of our American culture and does a good job of highlighting it (although he also does have those rare lapses when he writes about hockey, but that is something caused by impurities in the Eastern waters or something)." Erik Keilholtz
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Mark C. N. Sullivan is an editor at a Massachusetts university. He is married and the father of three children. Email
The First Night of Summer was celebrated with standing-room tickets at Fenway and a reunion of old newspaper friends. The Sox walloped the Nats, with Big Papi hitting a grand slam and rookie pitcher Jon Lester throwing 10 strikeouts. They now sell Guinness at the park, and the rendition of "St. James Infirmary" by the Dixieland band on carnival-like Lansdowne Street was a foresighted tune, considering my state on rising for work this morning. Nuf ced.