People are often hearing the words “A New Normal” and think it was invented for Covid 19. It wasn’t. It means the children of today will believe/think that it is normal to wear masks and stay at home. The original had to do with the deteriorating ecology and loss of habit for animals and global warming. A great example is light pollution. I used to see the Milky Way at night. Now, on a good night, I can see less than a hundred stars. Kids today think that is a normal number.

My parents lived through World Wars, Korean, Viet Nam, and the Cold War. I grew up with the constant threat of a nuclear war and Bush wars in the Middle East and elsewhere. Afghanistan was just another Viet Nam. The United States has been at war somewhere almost every day of my life. One becomes inured to possibilities of a war, even a nuclear war.

When I was younger, we wrote letters and phoned people to communicate with each other. Privacy was paramount, even when everybody knew everybody else. Today, people text, use
E-mail, or Zoom instead of actually communicating by a friendly voice. Privacy is out of the question.

The Grassy Knoll was the only conspiracy I knew about until the Internet became the eight-lane highway to spread those crazy ideas from nutty Americans and Russians. Children are influenced by their parents believing in those nutty ideas. That is how today’s base will grow up as their normal.