I guess it’s official. I’m officially old. It’s not just the multiple mailings I get every month from AARP or the fact that the grocery store checkout clerk routinely asks me if I qualify for the “senior discount.” Lately, I’ve been thinking about the way things used to be and feeling a little like a […]

My spouse, who is from Japan, has been commenting for months on how events since March 2020 remind her of the run-up to World War II and events and practices during the war in both Germany and Japan. I would like to add, though: The modern use of “propaganda” per se didn’t originate with the […]