In Nebraska, Talking Up Stoicism

Full story: The Washington Post

FRIEND, Neb. -- A fly landed on Glen Steffensen's hand, and suddenly a table that was alive with the gravelly laughter of four elderly men fell quiet. No one moved. All eyes turned to Marvin Kraus. Slowly, he lifted the fly swatter he'd been holding, placed it in prime position and with one flick of the wrist, thwack! He hit Steffensen's hand but missed the fly. 'You didn't hit hard enough,' said Steffensen, 84. 'He didn't want to bruise you,' said Gerald McCullough, 64. 'Then you'd be screaming for health care -- 'Obama, Obama, send me a check.' That's what everyone thinks, that he's going to send them a check.'

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