Septuagenarianism

MANIFESTO

Having seen in my lifetime a number of septuagenarians deteriorate, I've come to the conclusion that the decade where the most decrepitude occurs is the eighth of one's life. (People are usually still pretty spry when they hit their 70th birthday, and I find the mental and physical differences between 80 and 90 negligible.) Thus, the fact that one of the major candidates for president will turn 72 next month is cause for concern—at least for me.

Episodes where that candidate uses a name for a country that (iblbi) hasn't been in existence for fifteen years don't make me feel any more comfortable.