The Japanese monkey Macaca fuscata has been observed in the wild for decades. This then is trhe "100th monkey." CLICK TO ENLARGE
(From The Op-Ed Pages) -- Do you sometimes look at all the pain and suffering, crime and corruption, brutality against women and children, endless poverty for millions on the face of the earth and throw up your hands in despair?
Have you wondered how America, the richest, biggest, baddest country on the face of the earth could allow a barbaric system where close to 45,000 American women, men and children die every year for lack of access to decent medical care when every other modern nation on earth would never dare allow such an inhumane thing to happen?
Who hasn’t wondered many times how in the world one person could make any kind of a difference against the weight of all that negative energy floating around?
It is perhaps therapeutic during those times of despair to recall the fascinating story of the “100th Monkey.” You can find it HERE