Hiatus

Dear readers:

I'm traveling through Nov. 2. As a consequence I will be unable to blog between now and then. Once I return, I will be focusing for the next few months on finishing my next book. During that period I will have to cut back on my writing for FP. I will therefore be cutting back to one regular column per week while I am working on the book. Oh sure, if circumstances demand, I might blurt the extra bit out every now and then. But in the meantime, I hope you will keep an eye out for the weekly postings. Thanks for your understanding.

And if I may be permitted one passing observation linked to my current trip: the new security facilities at Dulles Airport are something less than an improvement. Sterile, crowded, dehumanizing, they leave travelers with the unmistakable sense that if Sophie's Choice were restaged for the 21st Century. this is what the selection scenes would feel like.