Months after the birth of Israel, Karl Shapiro in the New
Yorker magazine, “When I think of the liberation of Zion, I hear the drop of
chains… I feel the weight of prisons in my skull falling away… When I see the
name Israel high in print the fences crumble in my flesh…. I say the name
allowed for the first time unconsciously… Speak the name of the land, speak the
name only of the living land.”
“Between 1305 and the early 1800’s. the House of Taxis ran a form of pony express service all over Europe…. Its couriers clad in blue and silver uniforms, crisscrossed the continent carrying messages between princes and generals, merchants and money lenders.” –Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave We may think we are the first generation consumed by rapid communication but we are not. Throughout our history it has been a priority. Of course, now in the 21 st century we must ask: are we better or worse for it?
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