It was the best of times…

'There is a Chinese curse,' declared Robert Kennedy in 1966, 'which says: 'May he live in interesting times.' Like it or not, we live in interesting times.' Kennedy's statement captured the flux of his era so precisely it found its way into our societal lexicon. Thanks to recent events it resurfaces more frequently now, as people pine for the banal days of yore - hours touched by neither anthrax nor terror attacks.

December 1, 2001

'There is a Chinese curse,' declared Robert Kennedy in 1966, 'which says: 'May he live in interesting times.' Like it or not, we live in interesting times.' Kennedy's statement captured the flux of his era so precisely it found its way into our societal lexicon. Thanks to recent events it resurfaces more frequently now, as people pine for the banal days of yore - hours touched by neither anthrax nor terror attacks.