Nuclear fallout

David Brooks has a great column in today's NYT about what's going on with the population implosion in Russia after the fall of communism, and what could easily happen in China. The social fabric is so torn (75% divorce rate), the gender balance so skewed, the unhealthy middle-aged dying so much younger than their healthier parents. He's talking about an apocalyptic regression of civilization between generations. good, scary stuff.

p.s. on a completely different note, this news made me laugh today. Some Texan dudes on motorcycles actually tried to run down a fuel tanker truck, in tribute to Mad Max. I wonder what the trucker thought was going on.