I was dreamin' when I wrote this,
forgive me if it goes astray
But when I woke up this mornin',
could've sworn it was Judgment Day
The sky was all purple,
there were people runnin' everywhere
Tryin' 2 run from the destruction,
U know I didn't even care
Cuz they say 2000 zero zero party over,
oops, out of time!
So 2night I'm gonna party like it's 1999!
--"1999" Prince
Looking back over 2003, we could easily find ourselves sliding into preholiday heavyheartedness. Considering the ongoing plundering of the planet; the debut of new, globally mobile infectious diseases; the tenacity of the older infectious diseases; the ingress of invasive species; the threat of genetically modified crops; the dehumanizing issue of cloning; the alarming weather extremes; and the immediate, worldwide threat of terrorism. One might wonder if pop star Prince just got the year wrong.
Each of these exigencies is, to ...
