"Forget the dream of a better standard of living. Young Canadians just want not to fall behind, but even that more limited aspiration is now in jeopardy"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/a-generations-raw-deal/article1246356/ You know, articles like these tend now to sound like
descriptions of the troubles experienced in the
late Permian period. Why does it feel like the world is, in many cases, slowly deteriorating? At least I'm not in danger of immediate extinction, though I know people who are.
And dear journal, I must write in you more often.