Dear editor:
On occasion, as an exercise in self-amusement, I will trifle with conceptualizing one event as a metaphor for some yet-to-be outcome.
I found this to be the case when, on Saturday, Feb. 4, I heard news reports that a suspected Chinese spy balloon, flying at an elevation of 60,000 feet, had been shot down off the coast of South Carolina by a US fighter jet’s air-to-air missile.
Per govern…