Civilization Again

<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> "Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it." Francois de La Rochefoucauld</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">  </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Washington DC is dealing with a nasty spate of carjackings.  Or, not dealing with them, to be more accurately.  But nothing would be easier:  100 bait cars every day, ten year sentences for every thief.  Boom, civilization again.</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">  </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> The TV actor Matthew Perry has died.  He prayed to God, once, to be famous.</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">  </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">I took my boy to the hospital.  It underscored my growing contempt for the medical profession:  "For the safety of our patients no weapons are allowed."</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">  </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> "The worst of all public dangers is the committee of public safety."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> -CS Lewis</p>