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Journalist Charley Reese (now retired) was part of the Orlando Sentinel's staff for three decades between 1971-2001, during which time he (among other duties) penned a thrice-weekly column which was distributed to other newspapers nationwide by King Features Syndicate. During the 1980s Reese wrote the first version of an editorial opining that 545 people (i.e., the President of the United States, plus all the members of Congress and the Supreme Court) are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country, and he has amended, updated, and republished that piece several times since then. The following version is taken from the 7 March 1995 edition of the Orlando Sentinel, where it ran under the title Looking for Someone to Blame? Congress Is a Good Place to Start: By way of comparison, here is another version of Reese's piece, as it appeared in 1985: In 2008, Reese's editorial was updated with some topical political references (e.g., Nancy Pelosi's name in place of Tip O'Neill's; the Army and Marines listed as being in Iraq rather than on U.N. Missions) and circulated via e-mail under the title The 545 People Responsible for America's Woes (or just 545 People), often with additional material not written by Reese himself tacked onto the beginning or end of the article. Reese died on 21 May 2013. He wrote his actual final column in August 2008:
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