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The Gospel According to Saint John

Note:  This letter and the commentary that follows were found in the lava-covered ruins of Herculaneum.  It is apparently a copy of a letter sent by a learned Greek to a young Roman friend of Greek ancestry, the poet Statius.  The commentary is the response of an educated pagan upon first reading a Christian text, The Gospel According to Saint John.

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Will Elon’s Twitter Save OurDemocracy™?

Lately Senator Ed Markey has been threatening a congressional attack on Elon Musk’s neo-Twitter over “public health” concerns. He said, “Someone could impersonate the CDC for eight dollars, pay for it, not be authenticated and then on that site, say, ‘CDC says vaccinations are not good for you,’ That’s a public health and safety problem.”

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Gone to Texas

As we drove south out of  Rockford, the blowing snow and freezing rain threatened to accompany us like bad news all the way to Texas.  The snow stopped just beyond Bloomington-SubNormal, Illinois, and we made it to Rolla, Missouri without incident.