Those Who Fear

At times we’re all afraid of the future. Sometimes this is actually rational.

For instance, it’s 2024, and an election year. And we know what the fun, zany “experts” who have infested every institution and bureaucracy cooked up in 2020. The near future looks clown world, with a high possibility of crazy cakes, and the possibility of a squall of kinectic passing through where any of us lives, at any time.

If you’re not scared, you’re not paying attention. Or you’re lulled to a false sen...