Dr. Anthony Fauci walked back his Grinch-like verbal ranging shot against Christmas last week, but the only thing we know about what he’ll say tomorrow is, there’s a good chance it won’t be what he said today. So I’m putting this out there, in case the need for it arises later, as the holiday draws near.
Old Doc Fauci, his Grinchhood engorging, cried, “No! I decree, because COVID, it shall not be so! I command you! No ribbons, no wrappings, no tags! No dinners! No loved ones! No boxes! No bags!” He dodged reason all day, till his dodger was sore, While Americans thought thoughts all Grinches deplore. “What if we-folk,” they mused, “have a right to be free? What if Christmas … perhaps … doesn’t come from DC?”
I’ll go back to writing prose now. And early Christmas shopping.
To receive an e-mail every month or so with new writing from The Freedom Habit, use the sign-up form at the end of this piece or click here.
Photo credit: Andreas Avgousti on Unsplash.
Thanks for reading!
As of July 2024, the Freedom Habit has moved to Substack. New posts appear at freedomhabit.substack.com/. Subscribe there for free to get each new post in your e-mail.
A lot of the best journalism and commentary has moved to Substack in the past few years.
If you’re on Facebook, please consider liking my Freedom Habit page on Facebook. However, that’s no longer a reliable way to be alerted to new Freedom Habit posts. For that, subscribe to my Substack.
If you’re interested in my fiction, which so far mostly isn’t about politics, check out my two published collections at 60 East Press.
