I was having dinner this evening with my brother, who is briefly passing through New York City. We were in a cozy restaurant on Carmine Street, engaged in a wide ranging conversation about a great variety of topics, including current politics.<\/p>\n
At one point he asked “Do you know anyone…?”<\/p>\n
I said “No, nobody that I know. Or at least nobody who will admit it. Not the people I work with, nor any of my friends. Some people I know, from other parts of the country, have family back home. But if I know anyone directly, they certainly haven’t said anything that would lead me to suspect.”<\/p>\n
There was no need to elaborate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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