Season two of Homeland is set about six months after the events of the first season finale with Brody a newly-minted Congressman for Virginia and Carrie, now an ESL teacher, working with the CIA in Lebanon.
The passing of former Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke III, at age 95, gave obituary writers and political commentators a rare opportunityâperhaps one of the lastâto put together the words âliberal Republican.â
A big congrats to Brooke Martell, the winner of the Weston County Junior Rodeo saddle in Newcastle, Wyoming. Brooke is 11 years old, and she and her family raised her horse Lovey, who is 21. Brooke sang The National Anthem both days of the rodeo. A special thanks to Danny Williams, a longtime friend who volunteered as the rodeo's flagman and sent me Brooke's story.