The Order of the Universe
People can be so awful. Nicolae Ceaușescu was awful. I was horrified when I saw pictures of little AIDs babies crying in their beds, rocking back and forth in their cribs, infected and abandoned because of Ceaușescu and his repressive policies. Then I felt sorry for Ceaușescu and Elena his wife when they were shot, their bodies lined up for evidence on Christmas Day 1989. Then later I hated all the ugly regime architecture that he wasted million, trillions of leu building while his people starved. But I was sure to visit the Palace when I was in Bucharest. At the time I was checking out Casa Laura built for AIDs orphans, but now empty. All the children had managed to grow into adulthood and the ones still needing supervision because of disabilities were finally placed with loving families. I felt sad that the house was no longer needed, but heartened that it had fulfilled its mission. I felt bad about the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Hapsburgs, an...