Alas, You Don't Need Monsters For Monstrous

It Is Easy Now To Break The Vows. It Is Even Easier To Part Your Ways If Vows Haven't Been Taken.

Freedom Is The Slogan Of The Strong, Who Feel Self Confident, Self Sufficient To Do It Alone.

We Are Always Confronted With Choice.

Middle Class People, The Bourgeoisie, They Are Also Feeling Frightened At The Moment. Some Fear Losing Their Fortunes; Some Go Bankrupt; Some Are Thinking About Suicide. They Don't Know If They Will Retain The Beautiful House That They Bought, Or What Will Happen To The Five Family Cars.

I Suspect That The Peer-review System Carries A Good Part Of Blame For The Fact That Something Like Sixty Percent Or More Of Journal Articles Are Never Quoted (which Means Leaving No Trace On Our Joint Scholarly Pursuits), And (in My Reception At Any Rate) The "learned Journals" (with A Few Miraculous Exceptions That Entail, Prominently, Tcs) Ooze Monumental Boredom.