The World and Everything in It - July 7, 2021

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Good morning!

Republicans may bring some star power to the 2022 Senate race in Georgia.

NICK EICHER, HOST: That’s ahead on Washington Wednesday.

Also World Tour.

Plus WORLD’s Kim Henderson visits a training seminar for first responders.

And the rough and tumble life of the late American author Ralph Moody.

REICHARD: It’s Wednesday, July 7th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

EICHER: And I’m Nick Eicher. Good morning!

REICHARD: Now the news with Kent Covington.

KENT COVINGTON, NEWS ANCHOR: Elsa bears down on Florida » Elsa is roaring into Florida today, bending palm trees along the Gulf Coast with strong winds and sideways rain.

Philippe Papin with the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday that Tropical Storm Elsa was intensifying.

PAPIN: We are forecasting it now to be a minimal hurricane - or 75 mile per hour maximum sustained winds by landfall.

In addition to damaging winds and heavy rains, forecasters warned of life-threatening storm surges, flooding and isolated tornadoes.

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday issued a Hurricane warning for a long stretch of coastline from the mouth of Tampa Bay up through Florida's Big Bend area.

The storm sideswiped the Tampa Bay area late last night on its way up the Florida coast.

Elsa is expected to push into Georgia later today, then into the Carolinas, likely as a tropical depression.

Death toll rises with no signs of life in rubble of Fla. condo collapse » Meantime in South Florida, the death toll from a condo collapse in Surfside rose once more. Miami-Dade County Mayor Danielle Lavine Cava…

CAVA: Through the team’s ongoing efforts, we have recovered four additional victims. The number of confirmed deaths is now 32.

More than a hundred people are still missing. And officials overseeing the search sound increasingly somber.

Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Alan Cominsky said as search crews gain access to new parts of the wreckage, they’re finding no new signs of life.

COMINSKY: The key things we were looking for all throughout in regard to void space, livable spaces, you know, we're not coming across that.

Crews in yellow helmets and blue jumpsuits dug through the rubble for a 13th day. Some could be seen lugging pickaxes and power saws through piles of concrete.

Wind and rain from the outer bands of Elsa complicated search efforts, but did not interfere as greatly as originally feared.

Company at center of ransomware attack speaks out » The Miami-based company Kaseya is speaking out after hackers exploited its software in the biggest ransomware attack on record. WORLD’s Kristen Flavin has more.

KRISTEN FLAVIN, REPORTER: The company said so far it appears that between 800 and 1,500 mostly small businesses were compromised. Those were customers of companies that use Kaseya’s software to manage IT infrastructure.

But some cybersecurity experts note that victims are still being identified and could total more than 1,500.

The Russia-linked REvil gang is suspected in the attack carried out on Friday night before the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

The attack hit a broad array of businesses around the world, including in financial services, travel and leisure, and the public sector.

President Biden said he ordered a “deep dive” by U.S. intelligence into the attack and that the U.S. would respond if it determines the Kremlin is involved.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Kristen Flavin.

Biden urges Americans to get vaccinated as variant spreads » Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, President Biden delivered remarks on the COVID-19 pandemic after vaccinations fell short of his July 4th target.

The president again urged those who are not already vaccinated to get the shots.

BIDEN: Millions of Americans are still unvaccinated and unprotected. And because of that their communities are at risk. Their friends are at risk. The people they care about are at risk. This is an even bigger concern because of the delta variant.

He added that the variant is already responsible for more than half of all cases in some parts of the United States. And that share is on the rise.

Back in May, the White House announced its goal to have 70 percent of U.S. adults vaccinated by the Fourth of July.

Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the self-imposed deadline has passed but the 70 percent threshold is in sight.

PSAKI: We’re continuing to press to reach it and we will in the next couple of weeks for adults over the age of 18. But the work doesn’t stop there, and we are going to continue to press to get 12 to 18 year olds vaccinated.

Abou 67 percent of adults have received at least one shot, with less than 60 percent fully vaccinated.

Russian plane crashes, killing 28 » A Russian passenger plane crashed on Tuesday, killing nearly 30 people. WORLD’s Anna Johansen Brown reports.

ANNA JOHANSEN BROWN, REPORTER: The A-N-26 propeller carrying 22 passengers and six crew members when it went down shortly before its expected landing in the Russian Far East region of Kamchatka.

The plane was only about six miles away from the airport when it disappeared from radar. No word yet on the cause of the crash.

The airplane has been in operation since 1992. The plane’s owner, Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise, says it was in good shape and technically sound.

Authorities have launched an investigation into the crash.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Anna Johansen Brown.

I’m Kent Covington.

Straight ahead: Republicans make a play to retake one of the Senate seats they lost last year.

Plus, the futility of looking back with longing.

This is The World and Everything in It.

NICK EICHER, HOST: It’s Wednesday, the 7th of July, 2021.

Glad to have you along for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Nick Eicher.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. It’s time for Washington Wednesday.

Today, the U.S. Senate.

Republicans could be drawing up a play to shake up the battle for control of the Senate by adding a little star power in Georgia.

WALKER: I’m not an actor, a singer, or a politician. I’m Herschel Walker.

Right, the two-time NFL Pro Bowler speaking during last year’s Republican National Convention.

Walker has lived in Texas for years, but has maintained a home in Georgia, where he was born and raised, and where he went to college. As a running back for the

University of Georgia, Walker won the hearts of UGA fans by leading the team to a national championship in 1980. He also won college football’s highest honor, the Heisman Trophy, two years later.

EICHER: Walker has a decades-long friendship with Donald Trump. The former president has been urging him to challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia next year.

And in recent weeks, Walker has started to sound a lot more like a future candidate.

In a statement, he said—quoting here, “Georgia is my home — I love Georgia, and I love this country. I believe we need fighters to step forward and help save both.”

And he told Jakib Media Sports:

WALKER: When I say I’m taking things very serious, I have to see if that’s what the Lord is asking me to do, and if that is it, I’m going out to win. I’m going out to do as much as I can for the state of Georgia and for our country.

He said he’ll make a decision soon. But Trump said last week that Walker has already made up his mind. He said Walker told him that he will challenge Warnock next year.

REICHARD: Joining us now to discuss Herschel Walker’s potential impact on the battle for the Senate — and to update us on the state of the race in general — is Kyle Kondik. He is director of communications at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. Kyle, good morning!

KYLE KONDIK, GUEST: Good morning.

REICHARD: Well let’s start with where things stand right now, without Walker on the ballot in Georgia. How are you sizing up next year’s Senate battle in general as we speak today?

KONDIK: The usual pattern is for the president's party to struggle in midterms. That doesn't always happen, but it often does. However, you know, with the house, you know, all 435 seats are up every two years. But the Senate, there's a different battlefield every two years. And the Republicans are actually defending more seats, 20 of the seats up this cycle. The Democrats are only defending 14, and there are some vulnerable seats on both sides. The Republicans are defending open seats in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, which are two swing states. Republicans are also defending Wisconsin where Ron Johnson may or may not run for a third term in the Senate. There's an open seat in Ohio. Marco Rubio in Florida. You know, some of these seats probably won't be all that vulnerable in the end, but a few of them might be. And then the Democrats are defending incumbents in New Hampshire and Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, all those are competitive states.

So again, there's just roughly even a number of competitive states on both sides. And, you know, if you look at the states that the Republicans are naturally going to target, they don't have any seats to target in states that Donald Trump won in 2020. But they do have some in states that were very close for the president, including Georgia, which of course was decided by less than half a percentage point. Arizona's in the same boat. And, you know, it's a little odd in recent history that, you know, Georgia had become such a Republican state in recent years. But Democrats, of course, won not just one but both of the states and Senate seats in January 2021 special elections. Raphael Warnock won a special election, and so he has to be on the ballot again in 2022. And Republicans are trying to figure out who should run against him.

REICHARD: Okay, those are senate races to watch. Let’s talk about Georgia’s incumbent. How vulnerable or how strong is Warnock heading into 2022?

KONDIK: Look, I think Warnock ran a pretty impressive race in in the context of the 2020 election, and I was kind of surprised ultimately, that he ended up winning and also that Jon Ossoff ended up winning the other Senate seat. You know, I'd say Warnock is not really a moderate. I mean, he's very much of a kind of a mainstream liberal Democrat. There is some evidence that suggests that in a state that has a very significant black population and a black population that is pretty overwhelmingly Democratic, that having a black candidate on the ballot in the case of Warnock might be a little bit helpful in terms of turnout, for the Democrats. And so I think Warnock’s a good candidate, but I also don't think he's unbeatable or anything like that. And, you know, if there is a turn against Democrats more broadly across the country. And again, it's not uncommon to see that in midterm, you know, you could see Warnock being pretty heavily endangered in this kind of environment.

REICHARD: If Walker does indeed decide to run, is his star power and Trump’s endorsement all he needs to win over Republican voters or will he have more work to do?

KONDIK: You know, there will be competition in the primary, although there are some notable candidates who seem like they're not going to run, if in fact, Herschel Walker does run. One of them is Kelly Loeffler who held this seat was appointed to this seat and ended up losing to Warnock in the runoff in January. And the former president's endorsement is not -- doesn't always guarantee victory, but it often does, I think, in a Republican primary situation. And so you'd have to look at him as a favorite I think to win the nomination, then you just have to see how things would shake out.

And, you know, what's interesting about a potential Walker candidacy is that this would be the first time for him running for anything, and so on one hand being a political outsider can be helpful in that you don't have, you know, he doesn't have a record in the state legislature, in Congress that he needs to defend. He hasn't had to take difficult votes on things. He can kind of craft his own political persona the way that he wants. On the other hand, we don't know how he'll perform as a candidate. We don't know how he'll handle the scrutiny. He's going to be subjected to a kind of vetting by his opponents of his past. And so there are things that probably will come out that haven't haven't necessarily been aired before. So, you know, again, we just don't know, necessarily, how he would perform. And we'll have to see if and when Walker decides to run.

REICHARD: You mention Walker as an outsider. We know his primary residence hasn’t been in Georgia for some time. He’ll take some heat for that I’m sure. Do you think that will matter? Will that be a problem for him?

KONDIK: Residency does sometimes come up. And you know, sometimes it could come out. I mean, I think specifically, residency seems to matter in a scenario that's not really like what Walker's dealing with, but when you maybe have an incumbent member of the House and Senate who has been in Washington for a really long time, to the point where you can make the case that they don't actually really live, you know, “back home,” that they they essentially live in Washington. I don't think Walker necessarily faces that kind of problem. But, you know, I do think that his rivals will certainly bring up the fact that he is, you know, he's only sort of coming back to Georgia to run for office, if in fact, he does it.

REICHARD: You mentioned a large percentage of Georgia voters are African American and those votes typically go heavily for Democratic candidates. How much do you think Walker might change that dynamic in Georgia?

KONDIK: Look, I mean, I think that if Walker performs really well as a candidate, you could imagine him as a black candidate, maybe being able to cut a little bit into Warnock's big margin with black voters in Georgia. And look, I mean, if you're a Republican, and you can, you know, if you could just chip a couple, you know, a few percentage points off of the Democrats’ huge margin, with black voters, that's probably good enough to win. And so that that's the potential for Walker is that as a black Republican running against a black Democrat, that maybe he can again, sort of chip away at Warnock's big lead with black Democrats or with black voters in the election. Warnock is gonna win black voters overall by a very heavy margin, but the size of that margin matters. And, you know, part of the other problem for Republicans in the Senate runoffs earlier this year was that the Democratic turnout was just a little bit better. And in some parts of the state, particularly kind of whiter, rural parts of the state, like northern Georgia, you know, turnout was good, but not good enough. And so if maybe Walker as a candidate with the full-throated endorsement of Trump, maybe he's able to generate a little bit better turnout amongst Republicans, you know, Democratic turnout, maybe dips a little bit or he cuts slightly into the huge Democratic edge with black voters, then all of a sudden, that's what a winning candidacy would look like. So again, if you're looking at, you know, what does the optimal outcome for Walker look like? Well, obviously, it'd be winning and winning in such a way that he gets good turnout from white Republicans, and also is able to grab a little bit more of the black vote than Republicans usually do.

REICHARD: Before I let you go, Kyle, update us very briefly on the battle for control of the House. How is that shaping up right now?

KONDIK: Look, there's been a delay in the data that's used to create the new House districts. So every state with more than one house district will have to draw new districts based on the 2020 U.S. Census data. That data should be delivered to the States by about mid-August, and then we'll start to see the state's redistricting in earnest. Most of us expect that the Republicans will probably come out a little bit ahead in that process compared to the Democrats. So there are a lot of moving pieces. Between that and history that generally suggests that the president's party loses ground in the House, the Republicans only need to net five seats to win the House, so I think the Republicans are in pretty good shape to win the house although nothing is guaranteed.

REICHARD: Kyle Kondik with the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics has been our guest. Kyle, thanks so much!

KONDIK: Thank you.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: World Tour with our reporter in Africa, Onize Ohikere.

ONIZE OHIKERE, REPORTER: Humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia deepens—We start today here in Africa.

AUDIO: [Sounds of cheering, car horns]

Residents of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region celebrated last week as government forces withdrew from the region. That allowed local militia fighters to retake territory they had previously lost.

But the celebrations were short-lived.

Two key bridges leading into the region have been destroyed, making it even more difficult for humanitarian groups to deliver aid. The United Nations says more than 400,000 people now face the worst global famine in decades.

Tommy Thompson is emergency coordinator for the World Food Programme.

THOMPSON: I mean, the fact is that people have died, people are dying, and more people will die if we're not allowed the ability to prevent it from happening. And to provide assistance. So some of the pinch in our ability to supply right now is going to have a terrible, terrible impact.

The Ethiopian government denied using famine as a weapon of war. Demeke Mekonnen Hassen is deputy prime minister.

HASSEN: The insinuation that we are trying to suffocate the Tigrayan people by denying humanitarian access and using hunger as a weapon of war is beyond the pale. There is absolutely no reason for us to do so.

On Saturday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was deeply concerned about the situation.

GUTERRES: It is essential to have a real ceasefire, and a real ceasefire paving the way for a dialogue able to bring a political solution to Tigray. The presence of foreign troops is an aggravating factor of confrontation. And at the same time, full humanitarian access and unrestricted humanitarian access must be guaranteed to the whole territory. And the destruction of civilian infrastructure is totally unacceptable.

The conflict in Tigray began eight months ago. That’s when Ethiopian government forces and troops from neighboring Eritrea launched an attack on a local militia group. The government declared a cease-fire last week, but the Tigray Defense Force has not agreed to it.

Military transport plane crashes in the Philippines—Next we go to Southeast Asia.

AUDIO: [Sounds of crackling, popping, voices]

Military investigators in the Philippines are trying to figure out what caused a transport plane to crash on a remote island. Fifty people died, including three civilians.

Major General Edgard Arevalo [ah-RAV-ah-low] is a military spokesman.

AREVALO: First I’d like to tell you that the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) mourns deeply the incident that took the lives of 47 of our soldiers, most of them fresh graduates from military training and supposed to be deployed to the 11th Infantry Division based in Jolo, Sulu that runs after and combats the terrorist Abu Sayyaf group in this part of the region.

It was the worst military crash in the country’s history. The military bought the C-130 from the United States earlier this year. Arevalo said it was in “very good condition” before the crash.

Heatwave sparks fires in Canada—And finally, we end today in North America.

MELANSON: Alright, so it looks like the fire went out over the mountain, and it’s about to get everyone who’s stuck on that side of the mountain. Me and my dog just got out but we can see the house literally on fire as I was leaving. I didn’t even have time to lock the door.

This woman was one of about 1,000 people forced to flee their homes in the Canadian town of Lytton last week. A raging wildfire destroyed the town located about 95 miles northeast of Vancouver.

Canada is battling the same heat wave that has gripped Washington state and Oregon. Temperatures in Lytton broke records three days in a row before the fire, topping 121 degrees.

That’s this week’s World Tour. Reporting for WORLD, I’m Onize Ohikere in Abuja, Nigeria.

NICK EICHER, HOST: During the financial crisis of 2008, we frequently heard about so-called “underwater mortgages.”

That referred to a property owner who owed more on his property than it was worth because—you may remember—home values had plummeted.

But I want to tell you about a different kind of underwater mortgage…

This is in Canada where the average home sells for half a million dollars—a 19-acre piece of property on the Canadian side of Lake Erie for the low-low price of $99,000.

You’re saying there’s gotta be a catch: Of course there is. That’s where the underwater part comes in.

It’s not “on” Lake Erie. It’s under Lake Erie.

And you’ve got to love the creativity of the listing agent on this. The listing says: “This property is presently under water but could have endless possibilities in the future. Be creative.”

Water lots are sold on occasion. They can be used for the mooring of houseboats, for example, but they need some land access for that. The property, purportedly in Shrewsbury, Ontario has no land access—it’s completely surrounded by water—so you’ll have to be very creative.

It’s The World and Everything in It.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Today is Wednesday, July 7th. Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day.

Good morning. I’m Nick Eicher.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. Coming next on The World and Everything in It: Pulled back from the brink of death.

COVID’s disruption of daily life hit substance abusers hard. Overdose fatalities were already on the rise. And by the end of May 2020, the 12-month toll reached the highest number ever recorded in the United States.

EICHER: But an overdose doesn’t always mean it’s over.

WORLD Senior Correspondent Kim Henderson recently attended a training session for first responders who serve on the front lines in the war against drug deaths.

Here’s her report.

KIM HENDERSON, SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: Police Officer Jonathan Hart remembers the call that came into his precinct, a hysterical young woman reporting that her mother wouldn’t wake up. 

HART: By the time I've got to the residence, I went inside. I seen a lady laying on the couch. Um, I attempted a sternum rub, and she was just non-responsive. So my first idea was go and grab my Narcan . . .

Yes. The other hero besides Officer Hart is a four-milligram wonder called Narcan. It’s a medication that has the ability to temporarily reverse the effects of a deadly dose of opioids.

HART: . . . put it in her nose, pushed the button and shoot it like you would nose spray. And as soon as it came and it hit her, she woke right up. And, uh, from there, we went ahead and had EMS dispatched.

AUDIO: [TEACHING]

Hart and a roomful of other first responders have gathered inside the local courthouse. It’s Monday night, 5:30. Some wear uniforms and the look of a hard day’s work. Others are headed to a night shift.

They’ve all come for the Narcan distribution and training session, the first one held in their area in three years.

Narcan is the brand-name version of the overdose antidote naloxone. It’s important to note that Narcan reverses opiate overdose—drugs like OxyContin, heroin, and fentanyl. Narcan won’t help reverse an alcohol overdose, or cocaine or methamphetamine.

AUDIO: [INSTRUCTION]

Jess Greer is the medical trainer for Mississippi’s 14th Circuit Drug Court. He’s also a part-time police officer and a bivocational pastor. Tonight, Greer is speaking at the distribution, and one of the big topics surrounding Narcan is officer responsibility. They’re not EMTs. Are they required to administer it?

GREER: It's an individual decision. The state statute is written that the officer shall have the discretion of use of Narcan or the non-use. That's between you and your God, because I mean, you are ultimately making a life decision for that person. Yes, they made the decision to partake in the usage of an illicit drug, but we have been given the opportunity to reverse the effects of it . . .

During the session, leaders stress that state statute. They assure attendees they can’t be sued regardless. That’s a comfort to new officer Andrew Rector, but he’s committed to using Narcan regardless.

RECTOR: I came into this career to save lives and make a difference. Thankfully with Narcan we can battle one more demon that this world has . . .

Rector has seen what Narcan can do. Once, he and Officer Hart were attempting to serve a felony warrant. But Hart says a woman at the house was more concerned about the subject’s possible arrest than his possible overdose.   

HART: The female actually covered him up to hide him from us, telling us, diverting us to the attic. And he was unconscious. He was not speaking. He was not moving from there . . .

Rector went for the Narcan. He shoved the rubber nozzle as far as he could into the subject’s nose, then pushed the release. 

RECTOR: We waited about three to four minutes. There was still no sign of any coherence, any movement from him. So that's when I went and got another Narcan, another four-milligram Narcan.

The second dose did the trick, and the subject recovered.

Narcan isn’t just for drug abusers. Contact with fentanyl is so serious the Drug Enforcement Agency made a video warning police officers and first responders about the risk. They say as long as it’s on the streets, those assigned to protect and serve are going to bump into it.

AUDIO: [VIDEO]

Later, Jess Greer gives the audience a local example. 

GREER: There was actually a guy about a year ago that was in an evidence room and touched fentanyl and was down in like 15 seconds. The only thing that saved him was another officer hit him with Narcan.

Another distribution organizer got behind the mic for a special announcement. He held up one of the bottles.

TAYLOR: Anybody can buy this in Mississippi. It’s not prescription now . . .

Narcan. Available over the counter. For about $15 dollars. Officer Hart says that’s good news.

HART: People keep fire extinguishers in their house, you know, for a fire. If you have somebody that's abusing drugs, why not have a, a Narcan just in case that that day comes and you need it.

Narcan can save a life, but it doesn’t solve the addiction problem. Advocates say that’s OK. It buys time and second chances.

And for Christians involved in administering Narcan, there’s hope that the extra time and the second chance could later lead to a rescue of the spiritual kind. Because no one—not even the most addicted substance abuser on death’s door—is beyond the arm of God.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Kim Henderson in Brookhaven, Mississippi.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Wednesday, July 7th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher.

WORLD commentator Janie B. Cheaney now with an appreciation for the life of an American author and his tales of an America that’s unpredictable, exhausting, exhilarating and probably not coming back.

JANIE B. CHEANEY, COMMENTATOR: About a year ago my husband and I began rereading a series of books by a man who belongs in the top rank of memoir-writers.

Ralph Moody’s formative childhood occurred in Colorado, where the family moved in the dawning years of the 20th century. The boy learned to rope and ride from the local cowboys, who gave him the nickname Little Britches. The Moodys later moved to Littleton, where Ralph’s father died. As the 11-year-old Man of the Family, Ralph took odd jobs and even worked one summer at a neighbor’s Home Ranch.

But in 1912, Ralph’s mother abruptly moved the family to her hometown near Boston. Starting over with almost nothing, she established a laundry business while Ralph worked a number of side-hustles and acquired the reputation of a troublemaker. To clear the air, he went to Maine to work with his cranky old grandfather.

When America entered the Great War, the army rejected Ralph because of ill health. The munitions plant where he worked instead didn’t improve his condition, and at war’s end he was a wreck. The family doctor’s prescription was to “Go West young man”—get plenty of sunshine, eat green leafy vegetables, and don’t do anything crazy. Ralph obeyed every rule except the last.

The only job available after he arrived in Arizona was performing “horse falls” for the movies. Thus began a boom-or-bust cycle exacerbated by his friend Lonnie, an overgrown hyperactive juvenile who talked Ralph into buying a Model T they nicknamed “Shiftless.” With typical ingenuity, Ralph managed to earn almost $1,000, stashing the cash in the rolled cuffs of his extra-long Levis.

But when he and Lonnie parted ways the latter absconded with the jeans. It was probably not intentional—Lonnie just grabbed the wrong jeans while sneaking out in the dark. With one dime in his pocket, our hero hopped a freight for Nebraska, where, by luck and pluck and loans from an obliging banker he owned eight horse teams and harvesting rigs by the following fall.

All this packed into 24 years. For all his natural industry, creativity, and optimism, Ralph Moody never got rich, but I doubt he regretted any of it, especially those early years which he recalled much later in eight volumes of meticulous detail. Reading about his early life makes me a bit nostalgic for the rough-and-tumble, snooze-you-lose, unpredictable, perilous, exhausting, and exhilarating America we probably won’t see again.

But God has put us here and now; to look back with longing is a waste of time. There may be very hard times ahead, but we are part of a triumphant procession going ever forward with Christ (II Cor. 2:14). What we can take from Ralph Moody is the way he lived: with eyes wide open, observing, remembering, and appreciating.

I’m Janie B. Cheaney.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Tomorrow: immigration overload. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has plans to restart the border wall project in his state. We’ll tell you why not all Texans support that effort.

And, religious liberty at the Supreme Court. We’ll tell you about a case the justices decided not to hear and what effect that could have on Christian business owners.

That and more tomorrow.

I’m Nick Eicher.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard.

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