Yes, the other side of this coin is that the more things change, the more they get different. BUT---the other side of every coin is always there, lurking, either in the shadows or openly in the bright light of day once again. In the 1950s I KNEW the Nazi's were dead and gone and in the past. Then George Lincoln Rockwell and his American Nazi Party reared their ugly heads. And now, Mathew Hale and his stupid (and dangerous) Church Of Latter Day White Christian Bigots got tossed out of Chicago and Illinois----so where do they go but Lewiston, Maine, of all places, to set up again where they are the least expected----forcing those hibbits in Maine to confront the Dark Riders in their midst.

An old song from a Ladies Garment Worker's Union television documentary from a few decades ago went,

Freedom is a thing like a bird on the wing,
It doesen't come down like the summer rain,
You've got to work for it,
Fight for it,
Night and day for it,
And every generation's got to win it again.

Yes, I am glad things are better in the Delta that what they were. I'm glad that there is a Morgan Freeman as a reminding presence showing people that the way it is now is NOT the way it has been --- and not so very long ago. The ghost of Trent Lott and fellow travelers is still warm me thinks.

Yes, Mr. Fielding, it is a sad book. And, as you said, it's a fine one too.

Art Thieme