The news today is rather grim: our Senate rises to new heights of dysfunctionality; Trump claims that the 2020 election was the “real insurrection”; Missouri executes another condemned man after making him wait for 20+ years; the news is full of trashy figures, many of them in elective offices.

I was cheered, however, to see that Pat Robertson, an evangelical motor-mouth, is retiring from his “700 Club” talkshow. This man, a sanctimonious Rush Limbaugh, has for years made Christianity a laughing-stock and object of loathing for countless people. Good riddance!