Somebody Else’s Mail (13)

Not all long-term friendships get off on the right foot.

The relationship between the tribes of Judah and Benjamin is a fascinating historical study. Israel’s second king, our beloved psalmist, was from the more dominant, numerous and historically significant tribe of Judah, while its first king, Saul, hailed from the comparatively tiny tribe of Benjamin.

What Benjamin lacked in size it made up in pugnacity. “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf”, prophesied the original Benjamin’s dad, and so it came to be.

No King in Israel (47)

Can you think of any current law so unjust that you would be willing to give your life to prevent its enforcement?

ICE agents killed two Minneapolis protesters attempting to prevent the deportation of foreign illegals in separate incidents recently, resulting in a level of public controversy almost impossible to miss. I suppose it’s conceivable one or both of the deceased was committed to his or her cause to the point of martyrdom, but my uneducated guess is that the protestors simply did not believe that, even when personally endangered, enforcement agents were prepared to open fire on American citizens in the charged atmosphere of post-George Floyd Minneapolis. Now they know.