"Today we are faced with the preeminent fact that, if civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships--the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together and work together in the same world, at peace."
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
in his last speech, as World War II was ending, while the atomic age was gestating, and decades before the Climate Crisis showed signs of becoming the ultimate test of human civilization.
On Having Turned 80
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It seemed odd, even to me, that after posts (or, let's face it, essays) on
major and not so major birthdays for the past 20 years, I let turning 80 go ...
2 weeks ago


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