A retired minister colleague says he feels as though he has been dropped into the present from an ancient era. "So much has changed. I hardly recognize the world in which I live," he laments. "When I walk the aisles of an electronics store I am bewildered by the products. Entire generations of technology come and go before I understand what it is, how it works, or why I might want to buy it. I tell my grandchildren that, technologically speaking, I am a middle twentieth-century kind of guy trapped in the twenty-first century.

“I was raised to 'Buy American Made’” he tells me.  “How can I do that today? Multitudes of American manufacturers have moved production overseas. A neighbor even claims she saw an American flag with a 'Made in China' label. My surroundings seem unfamiliar. What happ…