The Family Tree By Terence L. Day Terence L. Day, genealogist and journalist, is on the Washington State University faculty.
Convenience is king in the United States.
If you don't believe it, just reflect on your grocery purchases. We Americans love nothing quite so much as convenience. We want someone else to squeeze our oranges. We happily pay food processors to mix our cake, pancake and waffle ingredients. We love to buy dinner in a box ready for the microwave.