Imagine this: today is October 28th, the last Monday in October 2024, and I am sitting in the county courthouse, waiting for my number to be called for jury selection.

It is strange that on the last Monday of October in 2023, I was sitting in the same county courthouse, waiting for my number to be called for jury selection.

Consider it a coincidence–and likely it is. If it were not for what else happened the last Monday of October in 2023, the date would bear little significance.

In...