A friend thinks I should assemble a tome of blog posts. That's a big effort, though. The nice thing about blogging is that I can devote 20-30 minutes to a post and it's done and self-contained.
They are thoroughly enjoyable, and I now realize that I also learn important facts and concepts through them. For example, I was shocked today to learn that one-third of young or working-age men are labor market dropouts.
Peter, ever considered writing a primer on politics? I suspect a goodly portion of it is already embodied in your blogs.
A friend thinks I should assemble a tome of blog posts. That's a big effort, though. The nice thing about blogging is that I can devote 20-30 minutes to a post and it's done and self-contained.
They are thoroughly enjoyable, and I now realize that I also learn important facts and concepts through them. For example, I was shocked today to learn that one-third of young or working-age men are labor market dropouts.
Yeah, that's a lulu of a stat, and it's a very complex problem to even diagnose fully, let alone treat.
We Boomers are the lucky ones and I suspect we have a better quality of life than will any subsequent generation.