Trying to be serious for a change and leaving aside the usual temptation to refer to Martin Gibson as the resident shmutz-meister and give him grief about his shmekel, I really wonder how a person of his particular religious affiliation, especially in the light of the ruthless and brutal treatment adherents to this faith have suffered at the hands of powerful regimes throughout history, especially in the last century, can be so complacent about the trends in this country right now, considering the possibility—indeed, the likelihood, if certain so-called "Christian" fundamentalists gain the power they seek—of it starting all over again.

". . . you have nothing to worry about if you are not an enemy of America."

Back in the 1930s, I don't think most of the German citizens, who also happened to be Jewish, were enemies of Germany. Nevertheless. . . .

Don Firth