Republicans were more pro-choice than Democrats up until the late 1980s.

Stages of life are artifacts. Adolescence is a useful contrivance, midlife is a moving target, senior citizens are an interest group, and tweenhood is just plain made up.

The world may not be getting better and better, but our devices are getting newer and newer.

In kindergarten, you can learn how to be a citizen of the world.

Epidemiologists study patterns in order to combat infection. Stories about epidemics follow patterns, too. Stories arent often deadly, but they can be virulent: spreading fast, weakening resistance, wreaking havoc.

Republicans were more pro-choice than Democrats up until the late 1980s.

History is a long and endlessly interesting argument, where evidence is everything and storytelling is everything else.