I have nothing against cell phones. I have one, the latest model with all the bells and whistles. It’s cool. It’s indispensable. I will drive back home if I forget it. It’s horrifying to consider the mere possibility of not being tethered to a phone at every waking moment. HOWEVER. I love land lines. I won’t be disconnecting my home …
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Thought-provoking observations by novelist Jonathan Safran which appeared in the June 9 edition of The New York Times. Most of our communication technologies began as diminished substitutes for an impossible activity. We couldn’t always see one another face to face, so the telephone made it possible to keep in touch at a distance. One is not always home, so the …