Goliath slew David. The boy’s bubble of life burst. For twelve years he had lived in a bubble built by doctors to prevent disease from assaulting his body, which lacked immunity to any disease. Recently David died in a Houston hospital room. Hospital staff had come to love him. Doctors meeting the press wept openly. A retired gift shop lady said to a reporter that David had come to be thought of as their own boy by the entire city of Houston. Houston mourns his passing.
It always seems to those who scan the headlines that it is the Goliaths who pound the Davids into the ground. It does seem as if nice guys finish last.
The good news for today is that once upon a time in a land far away, David slew Goliath. Goliath was an early version of Mr. T., and his "A Team" was ready for action. He …