Discretionary advice: A former presidential son has...

Discretionary advice: A former presidential son has some advice for Neil Bush: Shut up. Michael Reagan told listeners on his San Diego radio talk show last week that he has contacted President Bush’s son and urged him to stop talking about his troubles with federal thrift regulators. Reagan quoted himself as telling Neil, “Get your face off the television . . . .”

From the Past: The original Medal of Honor, left for generations in an Ohio family’s bank box, was returned to Congress last week for permanent display. The medal’s recipient, Jacob Parrott, of Kenton, Ohio, was a Union volunteer who helped capture a Confederate locomotive in Georgia. Parrott got the medal because he was the youngest soldier. The medal was turned over by Marilyn Frackelton, Parrott’s great-granddaughter.

From the Joker: Writer and comedian Lewis Grizzard says he doesn’t tell funny stories--he tells stories funny. Grizzard said he attributes his success to his ability to “take a short, funny joke and turn it into a 15-minute, hilarious story.” Grizzard was in Johnson City, Tenn., for a performance late last week. His new book is “When I Get Back to Georgia, I’m Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground.”

From Hiroshima: A 10-year-old Seattle boy is spending part of his summer folding 1,000 origami “peace cranes” in honor of a Japanese girl who died before he was born. Bryan Edwards’ paper peace messages will be among the 350,000 origami cranes carried by children during the Goodwill Games’ opening ceremonies Friday in Seattle. Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding, and legend suggests a person who folds 1,000 origami cranes is granted a wish. An 11-year-old Japanese girl, Sadako Sasaki, began folding 1,000 cranes in her desire to recover from the leukemia she developed after the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. She died before she finished but classmates completed the rest, buried them with her and built a peace memorial in her honor.