Author Caroline Miller ruminates on the growing global insanity posed by modern life, how America's inventiveness is its downfall and how voters can save themselves.

When I was in my 50s, my stockbroker encouraged me to buy shares in a company he claimed would be a game-changer in energy conservation.  I purchased 1000 shares at $11 each. Then, I waited. When the stock dropped to $1, I was ready to give up, but my broker advised me to hold on, so