41.   Last week, postal officials started urging Americans to wash their hands after opening their mail.

42.   Mail is opened.

43.   Many members of Congress are no longer opening mail to their Washington offices.

44.   Nonetheless, the CDC advised concerned individuals to avoid opening suspicious mail, keep mail away from their face and wash their hands after handling mail.

45.   Now some seemingly rational people are afraid to open their mail.

46.   Now anthrax terrorism is forcing us to wear rubber gloves and surgical masks if we want to open our mail.

47.   Now armed court officers open her mail and screen all who enter her courtroom.

48.   On the most mundane level, the agency cannot even find a way to open its mail and answer its phones.

49.   Open the mail and keep a running total of your total credit card bill.

50.   Or, by all means, open your mail.