Having no contemporaries left means you cannot say, 'Well, so-and-so will like this,' which you do when you're younger. You realize there is no so-and-so anymore. You are your own so-and-so. There is a bleak side to it.
Everything's wrong on Wikipedia.
Remember, I'm West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
TV news is not very instructive.
A racial or religious or tribal identity is a kind of fact.