I’m really appreciative of Pete’s historical perspective on Jimmy Carter’s thermostat advice and on the South during the Depression (and before!) [Pub Notes, Mar. 19], but damn, it’s just all so depressing. I mean, really: the boll weevil, climate change, energy supply, North Georgia’s drought, a teetering economy - pick a problem, nobody’s ready to take action that’ll do something about it until the full-on crisis hits. So sure, we’re capable of responding, it’s just a matter of when. Maybe it’s just human nature, or the nature of group-think - or should I say non-think? Ugh.

Lily Stone

Athens