The Unforgivable Sin

And My Unforgettable Aunt

“You brood of vipers! Who warned you of the wrath to come?”

In the early 1980’s, my mild-mannered aunt announced that she had discovered the Unforgiveable Sin. It is both a tribute to her influence and a sign of our general angst that her discovery was received with great interest. If she never fully elaborated how she discerned this consequence of sin, …