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One of the attractions of Boston is the Freedom Trail, that glorious walk that connects key sites of Beantown’s Revolutionary War heritage. I once had as a guide a delightful Boston Irishman with a touch of blarney and no end to his satirical observations. But, of course, he never posed those observations as fact. No,…

“Do you have any weapons on you?” the officer asked. “No, officer,” I replied with assurance. We were on a side street in a residential neighborhood. On the main adjacent thoroughfare, cars edged nervously past as the lights from the squad car threw off red and blue reflections into the intersection, letting all bystanders know…

You know the story of Esther during the Babylonian Exile.  Wicked Haman plotted to get the King to kill all the Jews.  Esther foiled his plan and instead the Jews were able to slay their enemies. You know the story of Job.  He was a righteous man whom Satan tormented with God’s permission to test…