Fred Klonsky in Retirement is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I was described as a pacifist the other day. I’m not pacifist. But I’m old enough to hate war. I hate this one. Who cannot be upset by the television images of Ukrainian citizens, men, women and children, taking cover in church basements and subway stations as Russian jets drop bombs from the sky?