Some people worry that when they reach a certain age they may be lonely. Nonsense. Get anywhere near retirement age and your popularity increases. Invitations begin to flood and clog your mailbox. Total strangers invite you out to dinner. What … Continue reading
Category Archives: Postmodern Times
Watch any newscast and you’ll be hard-pressed to find stories about people making rational decisions based on evidence. Rather we are in the realm of heroes and villains, myth and legend. And the language of the reportage is not that … Continue reading
Among the pressing issues facing the world, one haunts us. With seven billion souls on earth, heading for ten billion soon, how are they all to get by? Forget about disruptions like rising sea level, changing crop patterns, resistant bugs, … Continue reading