OPINION: The ‘times’ anything but interesting

By: George Ayoub

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: April 20, 2026

Words: 864

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The ongoing dispute over who first said, “May you live in interesting times,” pales when considering what “interesting” means these days. Last week’s newsy highlights were saddled with enough head-scratching lowlights that the “times” were anything but interesting.

We start, as we often do when delineating strange behavior, in Washington, where Vice President J.D. Vance — a convert to Catholicism — and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson — an evangelical Christian — took …

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