Dr. William P. Barker tells about a story that appeared in the newspapers back in 1972. The story was datelined Salonika, Greece. The city of Salonika had a real problem on its hands. It seems that many pending court trials could not be held as planned because mice had devoured files in the civil court archives. The evidence against the alleged criminals had totally disappeared. Imagine how those scheduled for trial felt knowing that all records of their crimes had been permanently destroyed. They could never be tried for their misdeeds! (1) That would seem like a gift from heaven. The mice chewed up their crimes!

We’re all familiar with the school day’s excuse, “The dog ate my homework.” But that’s all that is--an excuse. This is more like a complete pardon from the governor: The mice ch…