Robert Kirby: It’s National Pardon Day, so forgive someone, including yourself
It’s Sept. 8, National Pardon Day. It’s also National Nut Bread Day. It’s possible that the two may be related, but let’s not go there right now.National Pardon Day was enacted — sort of — in 1974 by President Gerald Ford.If you weren’t born yet (and many of you weren’t), know that it was Ford who pardoned his predecessor, disgraced ex-President Richard M. Nixon, who was about to be hauled into a court.Nixon resigned the presidency Aug. 9, 1974, bu
Read more »