Saturday, May 21, 2005
If My Father Could Type Right Now…*
I’d send him over to answer these questions.
A couple comments, though. First, one must be careful not to confuse politically better with quality of life better. On the latter, there is no contest. The former might be more debatable. Second, my grandmother, who turns 89 next month, loathes “the old days” and thinks it’s insane for people to pine for them and imagine they were better.
* He’s recovering from elbow surgery on his good arm.

