For example, last Monday, I was out walking my dog before heading off to work, when I met a cousin who lives nearby. We stopped to talk a while, and before long she asked if I’d heard about “13 Bankers.” I said I hadn’t but I’d look into it. Ten hours later, I was at a little cocktail party, when a friend asked the same question. “Have you heard about 13 Bankers?” And I gave the same answer, “No, but I’ll look into it.” So I did. And I found that “13 Bankers” is a book that had just...
From time to time, I participate in an online poll conducted by a major research organization. It only takes a few minutes, and I’m interested to see what topics they’re investigating. Also interesting are some of the “regular” questions, which help the researchers categorize respondents. One of these goes like this, “Do you consider yourself to be mostly a resident of: your city or town, America or the planet earth?” For me, it’s an interesting question. I live in the city where I was born, 400 yards from the house where I grew up. I have 35 living relatives...
