Alas, the affair has ended. I mourn the loss of the wavy hair; the melodious, lilting accent; the witty, intellectual banter abounding in allusion and metaphor. I\u2019m still drawn to him. I still think of him. I would give anything to write like him. I have come, however, to the end of my love affair with Mark Steyn. I am simply not strong enough. I lack the strength to read his commentaries and listen to him on the radio because, quite frankly, he depresses me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Really, Mark, I have enough problems with my own family\u2019s economy. I am much too overwhelmed to read week after week in your column how very much money our government is spending and how completely broke my children\u2019s generation will be. You make it sound like doomsday, like total collapse, like no food for my future grandchildren. There is never any good news. Where is the good news? I know I should be brave. I\u2019m sure I should put my trust in God to take care of us and my trust in Steyn to change the way things work with his influential words. I\u2019m just so incredibly sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I\u2019m begging, Mark, because I want to be enthralled by your words once again, would you please just write something pleasant, just once? Pretty please with a plump cherry on top? I\u2019d like to be happy with our affair again, and for this torment I am not strong enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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