A friend: “The big story in the world this week is… the inevitable passing of the torch. We will witness the beginning of a new era this week, I feel.”<\/p>\n
Naturally, he was only using the French election (NYT: “The result was a full-throated rebuke of France\u2019s traditional mainstream parties, setting the country on an uncertain path”) in jest to refer to something completely unrelated, but it gave me a thought. Much as I love some parts of globalization and the Post-WWII international institution, this is a passing of the torch. And that uncertain recipient of the torch– maybe populist, maybe bigoted, maybe urban, technophilic, and progressive– that recipient is us.<\/p>\n
Every generation seems surprised when the torch is passed in their lifetime, but it cannot be otherwise.<\/p>\n
LJ blasted about its 18th birthday, of which I had apparently been part 13.55 years, and posted 473 times. I guess it was time to move on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A friend: “The big story in the world this week is… the inevitable passing of the torch. We will witness the beginning of a new era this week, I feel.” Naturally, he was only using the French election (NYT: “The result was a full-throated rebuke of France\u2019s traditional mainstream parties, setting the country on an … Continue reading Torch passing<\/span>