Bertrand Russell said, “Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.”
I thought of this the other day while watching Hillary Clinton’s phone-call-in-the-night-ad which recalled, of course, Johnson’s daisy ad. For those too young to remember the latter, during his run for president [...]
Entries Tagged as 'aging'
The Banality of Fear?
March 1st, 2008 · 11 Comments
Senioritis: The Best of Times
February 26th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Well, I have been promising myself to get away from politics for a minute and deal with another current passion: what is turning out to be the enormous fun I am having in this aging business. And I am curious if others around my age—70 at the moment—are having the fun I am. It feels [...]
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