Mankind in its infancy

Guest blogger Russ is back...

For no apparent reason I recalled today that I've heard somewhere that
"mankind is in its infancy". I don't know why it occurred to me, but I was
struck by how much that phrase explains. It explains all the yelling, all
the fighting, the inability to settle disputes, the selfishness, the
recklessness and, above all, why we make messes and don't seem to have the
ability to clean them up ourselves. Now, please don't think I'm being sexist
by referring to "mankind". I am being literal. I think womankind is much
farther along in its maturity. I think of womankind as the responsible teen
age baby-sitters for mankind and it's a shame they're not in charge more
often.