No wonder we need higher incomes. And my mother tells me that in 1950 you could count on speaking to your children every day, whereas in the year 2000 they rarely call, even though they have those fancy cell phones. However, my mother also claims that most things have not changed in fifty years. For example, while it still hurts to give birth to a baby, babies also still smell great and can turn their grandparents brains to farina with one gummy smile. Books can still transport a reader for longer periods of time and more intensely than any film, television program or computer game.
Work is work.
And my dear, departed grandfather s wisdom was as valuable in 1950 as it is now when he said that It is better to be rich and healthy than sick and poor. William C. Levin is Associate Editor of the Bridgewater Review .