I do not know what kind of coincidence shines the spotlight on the number 42 in August 2023.   Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has “42” as the answer to the question ‘life and everything”.  I seriously doubt that Republicans, Democrats, or any other configuration of political and religious entities, will answer life’s most sobering question or questions. Here are the facts. 42% of Americans believe what their religious leaders say. That compares to 71% believing what the lie factory, ex-president 45, produces. The beleaguered 45th president hangs on to 42% as the Republican nominee.  I suspect the universe has conspired to expose the deadly cult into which many across the globe have fallen. Tycoons – moguls and wealthy princes – are posters for mediocrity and short-winded typhoons. Give them enough rope and they quickly quickly hang themselves with criminal ventures.

The current sinkhole of politics and religion will not give up its victims. The victims have turned off the taps before they finished soaping up their hands. They have made themselves patriots and reluctant martyrs for their cause. The scenario reminds me of the Pharisees in New Testament times who thought they had a Moses follower in Yeshua from Nazareth. The Sadducees did not even think of that potential. The two parties were already aware that Moses, temple, law and levitical priesthood were all heading out the door. Mediocrity and open malice never saved a nation, and yesterday’s greatness is incriminating, across the board.