Peter Berger: ‘This President’

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Peter Berger, an English teacher at Weathersfield School, who writes “Poor Elijah’s Almanack.” The column appears in several publications, including the Times Argus, the Rutland Herald and the Stowe Reporter.
Every Christmas Poor Elijah treats himself to “A Christmas Carol.” Ebenezer Scrooge is a powerful man. His tyranny extends over his debtors, his workers, his family and London’s huddled masses. Happily by the sto