The big spherical sundial behind the library is pointing the wrong way. It points West instead of North. We are in the middle of a heated controversy about some books inside the library that are believed to be pointing the wrong way, but the sundial bothers me more. I will have plenty to say about the inappropriate book brouhaha soon, in the meantime we need to recognize a perfect metaphor when we see it.The sundial looks very scientific and cool. It certainly must have cost a lot, but it doesn’t even work. It honestly doesn’t know what time it is. Libraries have always been trusted to be centers of knowledge and learning, science and wisdom. That’s exactly the kind of place we deserve and what I want ours to be. We can start by fixing the sundial.
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