My thanks to the United States doing whatever it is that they’re doing down in Venezuela for this week’s column. You see, I’ve been sick most of the Christmas holidays and am currently on my second round of antibiotics as the Z-Pak I took last week didn’t kill whatever it is that has been making my head feel like it’s in a vise and having me trying to cough up a lung every 10 to 15 minutes. As such, I haven’t exactly been thinking about what I’ll actually write this week.