Doing The Lord's Work

IN THE GREAT STATE OF ARKANSAS, one out of four children is victimized by "food insecurity", by which is meant that on any given day, he or she may or may not have adequate caloric intake. In most everything that really matters, things such as per capita income, educational level, literacy rate, obesity, cardiac health, venereal disease, teen pregnancies, and what not, the state ranks a consistent forty ninth out of fifty, on the wrong side of the list in all categories. Thank you Mississippi. But give credit where credit is due: Arkansas knows how to kill, and is proving it by engaging in a mad dash to kill as many condemned criminals as possible before their lethal drug supply runs out. So far, three down, and only about a half dozen to go, before April and the poison both expire. One must read those labels. Litigation is postponing a killing here and there, as every condemned criminal is represented in court, all the way to the very top, but, in our conservative times, the condemned usually end up dead. One might almost think that the state would switch to hanging or firing squad, since rope and bullets last longer and hove no expiration date, but, evidently, they haven't thought of that, yet. Give them time. Ironically, Arkansas is one of those places where folks have, in general, an avid allegiance to the Christian God, who, it is rumored, said something to the effect that "vengeance is mine". Perhaps those who associate most closely with the Lord are the most inclined to save Him time and effort by doing His work for Him.