Hey everybody, my friend Howard Feynman died a couple days ago after a courageous two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

Howard would laugh if I said he died after a cowardly battle with pancreatic cancer.

In fact, he did laugh when I ran it by him,

but I've chosen not to because he did face this horrible disease with great courage and

dignity, and it is a brutal disease. And to be truthful, Howard did lose his sense of humor

about it every so often.

Now, Howard's episode that we're repeating today was recorded in June of 2019.

Howard started his journalism career with the Louisville Courier Journal. And as such, got something of an up-close look at Mitch McConnell,

and more so as McConnell moved into the Senate and Howard moved onto Newsweek.

So many people have been going on Twitter with accolades for Howard's career and for Howard as a man, millions

upon millions of reactions on Twitter and not a negative one that I can find.

You're going to be treated to Howard's assessment of McConnell, and it's a pretty brutal one. In this episode,

Howard describes a McConnell meeting that lasted about a minute with coal miners from Kentucky

suffering from black lung disease, a fatal disease. These men were lobbying Congress for more

funding for addressing the black lung and

bigger pensions for their widows. McConnell did nothing to help these miners who, again,

were dying from black lung because you see Mitch worked for the mine owners.

Well, I know you're going to...

You're going to get a lot out of this one.

It's quite a remarkable one.

It shows why the world is a better place because of Howard's work.

It's a truly great one.

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