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ADULTS RULE SHOULDN’T EQUAL CHILDREN SUFFER

ADULTS RULE SHOULDN’T EQUAL CHILDREN SUFFER

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More coun­tries (193) recog­nise the man­date of the Unit­ed Nations  Children’s Fund (UNICEF) than belong to the world body. So how does it come to pass that we’ve made chil­dren both a tool and a vic­tim in the per­pet­u­al con­tretemps of adult issues, from the picayune to the per­ceived life-changing?… Read the rest

Did ‘Boomers’ Have it Better?

Did ‘Boomers’ Have it Better?

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While on an ear­ly morn­ing pad­dle this week I watched a pair of young white-tailed deer lock antlers and shove each oth­er, prac­tis­ing for the upcom­ing strug­gle to find a mate. It made me glad I’m not a deer. In the ran­dom way that thoughts progress, it also brought to mind the ques­tion of whether “boomers” (like me) have had it bet­ter than sub­se­quent generations.… Read the rest