I ended the last post with an except by Walter Lippman on the absurdity and insanity of war, and in this case, WWI. Now did the common people really have any specific buy-in to the Austro-Hungarian Arch-Duke who was assassinated, in recently annexed Serbia, at the end of June 1914. Read more…
As I observe what is going on around the world, with large-scale protests and civic disobedience, the unrest, which is poorly covered by the mainstream media, is ushering in a change. What seems clear is that 2024 promises to be an interesting shitstorm of that change. I don’t foresee it Read more…
“Being engaged in some way for the good of the community, whatever that community, is a factor in a meaningful life. We long to belong, and belonging and caring anchors our sense of place in the universe” Patricia Churchland For many people, there is a cultural sense of place that Read more…