Recently I was scheduled to take a train that got delayed, which was a shame because a friend was planning to take me to some good theatre that evening.<\/p>\n
I called my friend from the station to give her the bad news.<\/p>\n
She asked what the prognosis was, and without thinking I said “I’ll get there eventually, Allah willing.”<\/p>\n
Then I stopped for a moment — something about what I had just said made me pause. I looked at the cell phone in my hand, as though seeing it for the first time.<\/p>\n
“And I would just like to add,” I continued, “that I think the folks at the NSA are doing a fine job.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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