Everyone Old Enough To Have

The Simple Idea That Everyone Needs A Reasonable Amount Of Challenging Work In His Or Her Life, And Also A Personal Life, Complete With Noncompetitive Leisure, Has Never Really Taken Hold.

There Was No Singles Problem Until Singles Got So Single-minded That They Stopped Wasting Time With Anyone Ineligible. Before That, It Was Understood That One Of Society's Main Tasks Was Matchmaking. People With Lifelong Friendships And Ties To Local Nonprofessional Organizations Did Not Have To Fear That Isolation Would Accompany Retirement, Old Age, Or Losing A Spouse. Overburdened Householders Could Count On The Assistance Not Only Of Their Own Extended Families, But Of The American Tradition Of Neighborliness.

Most People Who Work At Home Find They Do Not Have The Benefit Of Receptionists Who Serve As Personal Guards

Perhaps The Greatest Rudenesses Of Our Time Come Not From The Callousness Of Strangers, But From The Solicitousness Of Intimates Who Believe That Their Frank Criticisms Are Always Welcome, And Who Feel Free To "be Themselves" With Those They Love, Which Turns Out To Mean Being Their Worst Selves, While Saving Their Best Behavior For Strangers.

Greece Is A Good Place For Rebirths.