During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.”
February 07, 2014
It was the end of a day as I sat in a local restaurant kvetching to a friend. Kvetching is Yiddish for complaining. I really love Yiddish because it often captures not only a word but the sound of feeling in the word. It’s spoken emotion. “It’s been a five-year secular bull market,” I kvetched. “So what’s the problem?” he asked. “...