Guest Column: Wheels

Americans have an infatuation with WHEELS, even beyond pulling out the TV tray and watching Vanna White and Wheel of Fortune. Motorized, rubber, wood, gears, water, rocket propelled, side by side, even lawn mowers, anything with wheels. We have it in our DNA, the need to make wheels turn ever faster. Cart wheels became chariots. The toddler’s tricycle was superseded by the plastic HOT WHEELS. More than one parent has been pushed to mental breakdown…