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Three books that changed my life. For a few minutes. (Each.)
My screedy thing involving The Communist Manifesto and how it influenced me deeply, for a couple of days, reminded me of two other books which affected me longer, but not forever. In my early 20’s I was drawn to the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, How I Learned The Facts of Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged Communist Manifesto, cyclothymic personality disorder, Erich Fromm, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Odesa, The Art of Loving, Ukraine
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Does Big Dark Money buy elections?
Like a multitude of us, I’ve been worrying about this since Citizens United. But as I worked on How I Learned The Facts of Life, I picked up enough solid info so that I found myself backing away from what … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Government, How I Learned The Facts of Life, Impeachment, Koch Bros Final Solution to Democracy, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged American Prospect, Big Dark Money, Citizens United, Joe Manchin, Karen Bass, Koch Machine, Neil Gorsuch, Neu Wannsee Conference
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Hey, what’s new(s)?
It’s dismaying to read so many comments by hyper-smart people, some of them specialists in analyzing the news media, criticizing, even screaming over, how news media report…the news. Headlines are a particular source of their irritation. Given the very few … Continue reading
Posted in Government, How I Learned The Facts of Life, Politics, The Facts of Life, War on Ukraine
Tagged Christopher Caldwell, factual information, Helene Cooper, MAGA, New York Times, newspapers, Russian Military, Ukraine
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