Preach it, Bernie

Preach it, Bernie

Bernie in the lion’s den: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders gave a speech at Liberty University, the school founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell. Student reaction was tepid but respectful (Page A6).

Considering the polite response given the socialist senator, another famous bleeding heart, Jesus of Nazereth, said he might consider speaking there someday, too.

Who said the rich have it easy? The IRS has announced that next year it will no longer accept checks for $100 million or more because its check-processing equipment can’t handle checks written for more than $99,999,999. If you owe the IRS more than $100 million you’ll have to write out two checks (Page A7).

For the rest of us, this gives us an easy way to spot the 1 Percenters; they’re the ones with writer’s cramp.

Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1955, Vladimir Nabokov’s novel “Lolita,” was published (Today in History, Page D4).

It would take pop songwriters another 25 years to find a suitable rhyme for Nabokov, as Gordon “Sting” Sumner, in “Don’t Stand So Close to Me,” paired the author’s name with “cough.”

—Jon Bauer, Herald staff