Is the End Near?

``So, she concluded, pointing to that beautiful yard minus its Coco gravestone, “You had better have your vegetable garden.”''

NYT.

That is the Economy Minister of France, Christine Lagarde, after France went almost literally to the dogs.

In French.

In English.

Coco was Marie Antoinette's dog.

Here at the University they are telling us, maybe no bonus this year.

Salvadoran gangs are taking over that country, and here in Mexico some see a Narco-Insurrection.

What gives?

Yes the situation is dire all over, but I have hope in humanity. When the fecal matter hits the fan, people of good will coming together will save the day.

I hope.