Our nostalgia for the 1930s and 1940s has sort of petered out, our love of the much-maligned 1970s came and went in a flash, and we've now already revisited the 1980s with our current cultural preoccupation with money. Who knows, maybe by the third week of December we'll find a little time for an early-1990s tribute. The two are not necessarily separate issues, of course.
More people require a greater use of our finite natural resources.
As we enter the final month of the 1900s, refocusing on these two monumental issues that came to the forefront more than 30 years ago is a good trend, and one that should continue long beyond the life span of a mere fad. Send a Letter Seacoast Online posts the top news stories from the Portsmouth Herald newspaper every day.