Don’t knock the ‘Net until you try it January 26, 2012By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen McMullen Commentary Romanticizing the past fogs its hardship. For all the appeal of bygone days, does anyone really want to go back to 1932, when our grandparents in Appalachia had to haul wood and water, and stoke the stove to cook and clean?