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Missing: a sense of urgency
By Phil Lawler ( bio - articles - email ) | Nov 28, 2018
In Rome, a friendly reader reports, they’re saying that the house is burning down, and the firemen are coming—in February.
And that’s the good news. The bad news is that the firemen won’t bring pumps or hoses or ladders or axes. Or water. Kerosene, maybe.
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