It’s Possible Only ONE Of These Amazing Stories Is Fiction

AND IT MAY NOT BE THIS ONE.

FBI 302 Claim Trump Assaulted Teen Girl In Epstein File

It seems ever less plausible that, after sending us Jesus, God sent us Trump.

(See: US commanders say Trump “anointed by Jesus” to attack Iran.) 

FICTION, FOR SURE — AND MAYBE THE BEST SHORT STORY I EVER READ

(Admittedly, I don’t read a lot of short stories.)

The Last Question by Isaac Asimov . . . written in 1956!

That was around the time (maybe a year before) a handful of us sixth graders were taken to an after-school workshop where we were each given a pegboard, some wire, switches and flashlight bulbs and shown how to make a computer that could add 1+1.  The lesson — let alone the significance — was largely lost on me, but the teacher was really excited trying to explain the significance . . . and now, a few short decades later, boy, do I ever.

I feel so fortunate to have grown up before so many of the astonishing things we now take for granted — before “Novocain,” before laparoscopic surgery, before the measles and polio vaccines (I contracted the measles and still remember my parents’ concern and care in my darkened little room; a couple of years later, just turning 8, I got the polio vaccine along with every other kid in New York) . . . before microwave ovens, air conditioning and jet planes . . . before Uber and on-demand commercial-free TV . . . and — mainly — before the Internet, GPS, A.I., and smart phones.

So all those things remain astounding and marvelous to me.

For better or worse, we all have Microvacs — in our pockets!

Enjoy the story.