Adumbration

Every so often I get another mailing from the AARP, enclosing a cheap cardboard card they want to entice my signing up, but this outcome is exceedingly unlikely.

The AARP represents one of many special interests the pursuit of which in politics is damaging the foundation of our civil society, setting in this case people of one age demographic against people of a different age demographic.  Since I am now part of the declared AARP demograhic I feel I can safely criticize them without falling prey to claims of personal benefit.  The irony is that my interests and that of old people in general would benefit from less use of the political process to achieve the important goals of our long term economic security.