“He who is tired of London,” said Dr. Johnson, “is tired of life.” I am pleased to say that I’m not tired (though maybe dragging a bit). In any case, I have a London journal on the homepage today. Replete with photos. See what you think.

Let’s have a little mail. Our first subject will be . . . grave. Yesterday, I had a post about Professor Deborah Lipstadt, who is the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism. I have done a podcast with her. One of our topics is Holocaust denial: Will it increase or decrease over time? Almost certainly increase, says Professor Lipstadt.

In my post, I wrote,

The Holocaust ended in 1945. Today, there are people who deny October 7 — which occurred a few months ago. This, despite the fact that the perpetrators filmed it and then celebrated it. Bragged about it.

A reader writes,

My assumption is that, in the future, the Holocaust will be widely assumed to be a mythological event, October 7 the same. The fact that an event such as October 7, which occurred in the extremely recent past, and which was documented and broadcast in real time by the perpetrators, can be widely denied drives home to me how little our enemies — the enemies of the Jewish people — can be trusted.

In a column, I had occasion to quote Theodore Roosevelt, who said something like, “I could carve a better backbone out of a banana.” A reader writes,

Hi, Jay,

I enjoyed your Impromptus as usual. I did feel compelled to write to say I’ve always disliked that TR quote, given he was referring to Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., who was wounded a number of times while serving as an officer in the Civil War. Casually attacking the integrity of a scholar and war hero makes TR sound like — the worst of them today.

Fair enough. Still a wonderful, and useful, line.

By the way, I once knew a man — who came on National Review cruises — who had been a clerk to Justice Holmes. Also, my friend had been an usher at FDR’s first inauguration. He said that, when the president-elect appeared wearing leg braces, supported by one of his sons, the crowd gasped. They had had no idea.

In still another column, I commented on Donald Trump’s latest Christmas message, which included, “MAY THEY ROT IN HELL.” A reader says,

Could Trump be thinking of building a Christmas-card line around his “rot in hell” theme? Watch out, Hallmark!”

You know, I bet those cards would sell. Bigly.

Finally, some language. A reader says,

Jay, congratulations on Michigan’s win. . . . I’m not a grammarian, but I thought you would appreciate this headline in the Guardian: “Michigan overwhelm Washington to claim first national title in 26 years.” That should read “overwhelms,” right?

Ah, but the Brits pluralize — as in, “England lead France in this World Cup match by a score of one–nil.”

My thanks to all readers and correspondents. Again, for that London journal, go here.