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A case of arrested development

Underlying the wedding is the shared loss of the charming and popular Stephen, a friend of the group who died as a teenager in a tragic drowning - the vehicle Shreve, unfortunately, depends upon as her characters’ motivation to reunite.

The ceremony takes place in the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts. Among the players:

• Nora hosts everyone at her bed-and-breakfast, former home to her and her deceased poet husband.

• Agnes is a single English teacher who pines for her absent lover, the group's former English teacher. This is a secret she spills to the crowd after drinking too much at the wedding reception.

• Harrison is still in love with Nora, although Stephen was Nora's love - and Harrison’s best friend - back in high school.

• Jerry’s a jerk and a businessman.

• Rob has come out since graduating.

With the exception of Rob, the friends all harbor unresolved regrets, disappointments and not a little arrested-development dynamics.

- An unbelievable ‘Wedding’, Rocky Mountain News, October 21, 2005.

2. President Barack Obama is showing signs of arrested development. Raised by a doting, single mother and being an only child, the indicators are predictable. He’s spoiled. As long as he gets his way, he acts like an adult. But when confronted by equals, and stopped in mid-sentence he resorts to temper tantrums.

I don’t doubt he’s presently surrounded by maternal figures as advisers. He’s a child who always gets his way! Any mother can sympathize with that. But the charade is over. There is no substance. His agenda is hidden, because he has no agenda. There is no substance, only form. Academic demagoguery has replaced leadership in the White House.