In Franz Kafka's "Before the Law," so ably recorded by Orson Wells here, a reader learns of the tribulations of a man who seeks access to the law.  But over the span of his lifetime, he is never permitted admittance as a single doorkeeper will not allow it. Thus, the doorkeeper laughs and says If you are so drawn to [the entrance to the gate] just try to go in despite my veto.  But take note: I am powerful.  And I am only the least of the doorkeepers.  From hall to hall there is one doorkeeper after another, each more powerful than the last… And yet the man cannot fathom that one would not have access to the law for: …he thinks, [the law] should surely be accessible at all times and to everyone. But seeing the power of the doorkeepers, he "decides that it is better to wait until he gets permission to enter." And there "he sits for days and years."  Yet the man is intrepid and "makes...(Read Full Article)