https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/26/some-people-change-others-dont/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 11:05:33 -0400<![CDATA[I have been running around gorgeous Bainbridge Island all day with Sheryl and Madeleine, looking at cedars and Douglas fir instead of various people&#8217;s blather on the internet, but now I am back on the ferry again, cruising into Seattle, and instead of looking at that city&#8217;s glorious skyline, currently illuminated, addict that I am I fired up the iBook G4 and dialed into my good friend Glenn via the ferry&#8217;s WiFi. I found myself blasted back into the past, to Scarsdale High School, which I attended back in the days the sputnik was launched, because I saw the subject of discussion was my high school debating team mate Robert Kuttner. Yes, Bob Kuttner and I represented Scardale High against all debating comers in those days. I remember we did okay too. We were both pure liberals then, young guys very confident of ourselves&#8230; more or less anyway. We went our separate ways. Bob went into political science but I veered off into the artier realms of Hollywood. For awhile, I outstripped Bob in my leftism, but times have changed. Now he&#8217;s a tried and true member of the liberal church, bashing Bush with the best of them. Obviously he hasn&#8217;t changed much at all in forty years. I wonder what he thinks about what has happened to me.]]>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 19:28:24 -0500<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2005/12/26/some-people-change-others-dont-n210836