Cluck tut tut, Finlandization

Now you're turning me into a viral mother hen. Happy? I want to post a stupid adage, like "don't get old," but behind every nonsensical imperative is a protest, like the pinched faces of the Finnish whose government regulates every aspect of their lives. I cannot speak for the books, but the television adaptation of Jussi Vares says we're far beyond Orwellian. Philadelphia is no more or less than a Soviet regional province, with all its boasts about being the birthplace of American Independence in tow. I was born in this city, and now I'm the new Minute Man, one-armed, ganged on with my fierce, intimidating Roman temper