Youth of a Nation

I promised myself that this month I would not mention the “E” word. I would not subject you, my dear readers, to any more pep rallies or sales mantra's dedicated to getting us all through the “R” word, which I also promised myself that I would not mention.

So, this month, I would like to chat about something altogether different—the Obama's, an iPod and the Queen. At first, I was surprised that the political machine that runs the United States believed the best American culture had to offer the world's beloved monarchy was a palm-sized, glorified mp3 player. Not to say I don't think highly of the iPod, in fact I LOVE mine. However, I thought other leaders from other lands, with rich and diverse cultures, would have given her finely woven silks or perhaps a work of art or an antiquity, something less mundane than a piece of technology that has become commoditized. But then I got to thinking.