A (Necessarily Anti-State) Christmas Message

Christmas brings wonderment, and a sense of a future yet unfolded.  We practice gratitude, as therapy, sometimes fearfully, and occasionally, with quiet joy.  There is uncertainty all around us, and we crave certainty –  not the certainty of death and destruction – but rather the reliable and certain comfort of feeling blessed, in a blessed world.

What we are seeing today doesn’t look very blessed.  The United States Congress that supposedly represents us under Constitutional guidelines, . . .