Atweet from CBS alerted me to an important news moment: Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb, would be on 60 Minutes. For a moment I thought I had dreamed the last 55 years. If I tuned in I’d hear Hal Lindsay, author of The Late Great Planet Earth, discussing the imminent clash of Gog and Magog, and then irascible-but-loveable Andy Rooney sitting at a desk for three minutes grousing about coat hangers. Hey, who’s on Dick Cavett tonight? Alvin Toffler?
If any of those names seems familiar, we’re probably in the same demographic. Once upon a time, when we were young, 60 Minutes was required watching for any serious person who was terribly, conspicuously concerned about things. We tuned in to watch some corporate evildoer squirm when the host nailed him in the sternum with a gotcha question.
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