The future without jetpacks

I remember well the sense of anticipation we all felt about our future jetpacks, an item, I maintain, that we were virtually guaranteed as young Americans. It’s engendered such angst that few people of a certain age can manage to think about the future without...

Blog-o-versary

When you become a parent, there are certain things that everyone tells you will happen yet you might not have believed would be true in your case. Not surprisingly, many of these exact things turn out to be true. One, at least for me, is birthdays cease to matter (or...