My Aunt Bess died last week; my father’s youngest sibling, the last of that generation. She was 96 and had a full, exciting, and satisfying life. Seeing her discomfort in the hospital (they remain horrible places in which to lie) affirmed that her death brought relief to her and to the family especially my kind […]
Tag: politics
Old Friends
Old friends can be countries as well as people, and we do well to realize the value of such relationships.
TO OUR DEMOCRATIC PARTY REPRESENTATIVES: THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAN GETTING REELECTED
The last words that F Scott Fitzgerald ever wrote, were ‘ACTION IS CHARACTER.’ He wrote those words in block letters in his notebook. The quintessential American novelist saw through the BS at the last and then sadly died of a heart attack. But his wisdom lives. Action is required to pass the current test. Not words. And certainly not fundraising appeals. Make a difference then ask for money. ACTION IS CHARACTER
Prophecy Made Easy; Answers Remain Elusive
Nex-Gen Bureaucratization Is Doing The Damage Predicted: Now What? The entry in my mother-in-law JoAnn Kocher’s 1946 edition of Smith’s Smaller Classical Dictionary on Cassandra points out that the beauty of this future sister-in-law of Helen of Troy was so powerful as to persuade “Apollo to confer upon her the gift of prophecy, upon her […]
Nothing to be done?
Wondering about authority in the aftermath of 11/06/2024 (and my personal prequel ‘Summer of Confusion’), I wandered thorough a few posts mainly as a reaction to all the pundits telling me why millions of people voted for a self-admitted sexual abuser also a convicted felon with a plan (Project 2025, which he glibly and unconvincingly […]
Maslow vs. Manufactured Consent
The mystery for me is still unsolved. Oh, not that one! They caught the guy at a McDonalds in Altoona. I refer to the puzzle of the narrow but nonetheless decisive electoral victory of DJT. This case is hot rather than cold considering all the amateur sleuths and officially designated democracy detectives declaring that this […]
Where Does Your Authority Live These Days?
A Mystery Story Series How Much Control Do We have Over Our Lives Anymore? And Do We Care? Is it the Internet? Part 1 Detective stories always appealed to me. Hardy Boys books were often a quarter or less at the used books dealer in the tented emporium known as Frankie’s Market in North Jersey, […]
Bad Attitudes in the Knowledge Economy
I have never felt more of a minority in this country than today. Not alone, but palpably aware that most of the attitudes of most of my fellow citizens are not anyway like mine.