The Broken People of Nothingness Common ground with J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy Having read excerpts of J.D. Vance’s book Hillbilly Elegy, I found him to be a “pretender” (or, as my Irish Mother would call him, a “phony”). But, there was some common ground. The death of J. D. Vance’s grandmother, Mamaw, is a poignant […]
RIGHTS AND DUTIES SYNOPSIS I don’t know about this article, Richard (Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?, David Brooks, The Atlantic, July 8, 2025). It seems more convoluted than it has to be. I think that (philosophically) a life of rights claimed (by the individual) and duties owed (to Society)… can be […]
ABBOTT THE ASSASSIN I heard a Texan (former) NASA employee on NPR Radio yesterday (7/9/2025). He didn’t want to say anything bad about anyone or any organization from Texas. But, the NPR interviewer “pulled” out of him… the prior plan from 2017 and 2018 with the sirens for early warnings for Kerr County aka “Flash […]
