"Trust Me"--No Way "Trust Me"-- No way! A clergyman was sitting in a lounge with me, passing the time. I seem to attract them. We both had drinks and were talking about the New Biblical Criticism when he noticed someone at the door. He suddenly reached for his wallet and pulled it out and examined its interior. "Shhhhi," he whispered, then looked at me. "I hate to ask you this," he continued, "but …showed first 75 words of 714 total…

…showed last 75 words of 714 total…innocence of the 1950's. As far as this author is concerned, they are still there and they still have it. As a result, we have teachers, preachers, doctors, lawyers, pharmacists, grocers, auto mechanics, and politicians lining up and asking us to trust them with confidence we will not say "no," at least not to their faces. Most of us stand there immobilized as the cannibals once more ask for our trust. Not me, I run.