John, your stories are usually good, but some are much better than others, like this one.

Despite my solid Catholic upbringing, a vision of heaven never bothered me much.

I can relate to Sisyphus in my relationship with socialism. I wrote about it in one of my recent articles.

My first wife was like your mother. When starting my life as an immigrant in the United States, I wondered how I would do. She commented that even when I go to hell, I will find ways of doing fine there; what brings up your comment about Mike Tyson.