Running From Reality

A LADY AT THE SENIOR SOCIAL CENTER, mid eighties, had a problem. Her phone rang, repeatedly, at all hours. The caller was a male with a decided lack of basic courtesy and a proclivity for inappropriate remarks. She asked the police for suggestions, then, covering all bases, asked everyone at the senior center for suggestions. Everyone had the same ideas, the standard ones. Turn off the phone at night, change your phone number. Neither was going to happen. A friend or family member might call with a problem or emergency. The number must not be changed; the sheer number of investments, particularly in oil funds, necessitated accessibility for attorneys, accountants, and fund managers. Fossil fuels trump inconvenience. All these people cannot be notified of a new number. Telephonic terror will simply have to be endured. Here's a better idea for our beleaguered lady: Divest the oil, ditch the professionals on retainers, ditch the pervert, reinvest in solar. Then, the phone number, as well as the energy strategy, can be made new. A favorable residual consequence is participation in the saving of the world. While the current presidential administration seeks ways to "bring back coal", and pretends that climate change is a Chinese hoax, the Harvard forty billion dollar endowment divests of fossil fuels, reinvests in sustainability, and sets a fine example for the rest of us and our 401K futures. Of far greater concern is the Trump administration. Nobody who accepts the reality of climate change is allowed to be a member. Only climate change deniers need apply. All mention of global warming is prohibited online on the POTUS website. During the recent severe cols weather wave, the president, seemingly unaware of the difference between climate and weather, mad the standard conservative comment about cold weather disproving climate change. Considering all this, my lady friend might wish to retain her oil investments after all. We can offer no further help with her ridding her of her stalker.