January 3, 2009

Hope After 'Hope': A Thought Experiment

By Esther Cameron
Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength.- PsalmsIt is January 21, 2009, 7:30 a.m.  Scene:  a coffee house.  Publius sitting at a table, staring into space.  Enter Atticus.Atticus:  Good morning, Publius.  (Tentatively pulls out a chair, Publius motions for him to sit down.)  Or perhaps I should not say good morning, given that you look decidedly down in the mouth.Publius.  That should hardly surprise you, given that we are now living in an occupied country.Atticus:  As bad as that?Publius:  No country still free would have considered, let alone elected, a president with family and political ties to its sworn enemies.  But our press and institutions of learning are in the hands of the enemy, and they controlled.  Our "new media" couldn't get through to the mass of the people; we've just been talking to ourselves.   And what's ahead -- doesn't really bear thinking about, does it?Atticus: ...(Read Full Article)