The Bum Who Fathered Mother’s Day

By Diane McWhorter | Originally Published at The New York Times. May 8, 1994 | Photographic Credit; Heflin, J. Thomas. Senator. Image circa approximately 1905 -1945 by Harris & Ewing[/caption]You have heard the arguments against the rite of condescension that you are observing today. So I won't [...]