PrintJanuary 9, 2011
Reading the Documents Doesn't Always Help
While attending to tax receipts, a government agent finds his country's founding document and brings it to the attention of the ruling powers, which are stunned by how far the country has strayed from its founding principles. A public reading of the document ensues. No, this is not this week's news; it's a lot older. As strangely similar the events are, the events after this first reading should add a dose of caution to the optimism in Washington, D.C. today.In 640 BC, Josiah became king of Judah at the age of eight after the assassination of his father, Amon. As kings of Judah went, Josiah was a good ruler. When he was in his mid-twenties, Josiah ordered the high priest, Hilkiah, to go to the temple in Jerusalem and oversee its repair using the money the priests had been collecting from the people (one could say this was "tax" money for the services rendered by the priests). As Hilkiah was accounting of the money in the temple, he made an...(Read Full Article)
