Speaking of the Dead "il"

     Kim Jong Il, who won the dubious honor of being Parade Magazine's worst dictator several years in a row, is now dead and facing a godless eternity.  I would like to add the old testament epitaph "to no one's regret", but it appears some North Koreans are actually mourning him.  I have no idea why, but the phrase "better the devil you know" comes to mind.  Maybe even a despot grows on you after 17 years, maybe they think his son will be worse, or maybe they fear the country will collapse into anarchy.  One lesson I learned from studying the history of Israel is that the worst tyrant is better than anarchy.  When everyone is doing right in his own eyes, no one is. I do not know what is in store for North Korea but I know what is in store for Kim Jong Il--"the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding fine".