Two points on my August Diary:

(1) Some readers have observed that Paul Johnson’s nuclear nightmare is all

wrong as to technicalities, e.g. at the instant you “heard” the shockwave

from a blast like that, all your windows would blow in, shredding you with

flying splinters of glass, etc. etc. Sure, sure, but it’s a dream, and

has to be read in that spirit.

(2) Taking up my implicit invitation to pursue the theological implications

of the Antichrist, several readers have demonstrated, from the relevant

texts, that there are probably many Antichrists, all of them avatars of, and

harbingers of, one ultimate and especially terrible Antichrist who will show

up at the Last Time. Thanks a lot, everyone–now I REALLY need a stiff

drink.