To Abe Lincoln Tries Again:  Thank you for your comments on As I See It.  Scary times ahead, but not, I think, time to give up just yet. Occums razor is sharper than ever and comes increasingly to the hands of those whose collective power is bankrupting our nation and its longtime values.  The truth is complex. Goodness is complex and complex to implement.

I am very ill.  I've nearly died twice and am amazed and elated to have survived to the age of 59.  I thought I would not see 30. So as I await my life's milestone, I wonder, as many do, what this year will bring.

Who will win the human race, good or evil, peace or chaos and war, tears or smiles and laughter.  The fate of the CIty of Ashraf, built by the survivors of Khomeni in the Iraqi desert by the remnant of the Iranian resistance will be, for me the acid test.  ''May all be well, may all things be well'' TS Eliot.