Toward the Breaking Point

The great changes, the changes that matter, don’t always announce themselves with the blare of amplified voices or the distant thunder of cannons and bombs.  As often as not they take place quietly, moving unnoticed through the crawlspaces of society, and it takes an attentive ear to subtle cues and whispers in the night to catch what’s happening while it’s still in process.  I’ve come to believe that such a change is happening around us right now, and it’s one of the quiet kind, though its cons...