One of the nice things about portraying characters out of the past is the feeling you get when you stand where they stood and see what they saw. Within this confluence of past and present, there is a palpable kinetic link to be embraced and enjoyed.
News that President Biden wants budget authority to drop more than half a trillion dollars into the fiscal chasm of climate control reminds us of "Jim Baker s Blue Jay Yarn." That s the tale told by Mark Twain about a Blue Jay who, spotting a hole in