As long ago as Scrooge, there was the question of what to do about the surplus population, that is, the economically unviable. In the nomenclature of Mitt Romney, the ‘takers’ as opposed to the ‘makers.’ Layabouts, welfare queens, lazy people, … Continue reading
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I have previously remarked that pop culture gives us clues as to what is haunting our collective unconscious, the state of the zeitgeist, or our psyche at any given time. In the early 1950s, soulless alien invaders became a kind … Continue reading
The promise of miracles just around the corner is in the news. But when hasn’t it been? In fact, it keeps being the same miracles that are breathlessly forecast and then indefinitely postponed. Take controlled nuclear fusion, please. I date … Continue reading