(First published in the Gettysburg Times, 6/7/2013)
A college sociology professor told me the length of human experience is about 50 years. Any longer than that is “the way it’s always been.”
One might argue human experience has been shortening in recent years; we can hear that concept illustrated on the evening news nearly every night, as the latest storm or political catastrophe is declared the worst since time began. Consider that four Americans died in an attack on Benghazi, making it “one of the worst incidents that I can recall,” according former Vice President Dick Cheney. Continue reading On tearing down mountains and other barriers