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True in every era; yet, it’s a smack in the face … the narrative on which many of us grew up no longer applies.
– Joan Didion - (h/t @ayjay)
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…well, we’ll live right on… From my friend, Dan Wilson:
… whatever the outcome… “well, we will live right on.” We will all go about doing what we do, get the kids off to school, go to work, do the laundry, and go about our lives. And that is as it should be because the greatest impact on our world does not come out of Washington anyway. It never has. Ultimately, it comes from each of us and how we live out our ordinary lives, our good deeds, humility, loving our neighbor, and loving God.
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Boredom and the Struggle Jonah Goldberg:
I think Fukuyama was right about liberal democratic capitalism being the answer to the questions mooted by Marx, Hegel, Hitler, Tocqueville, and everyone else. And he was right about the problems created by liberalism’s victory. The solution to those problems is not to overthrow liberalism, but to restore the ecosystems of meaning that sustain it.
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Francine Winham, Photographer Great images and an interesting story. (Though the overwrought prose isn’t my cup of tea.)
Bassist John Lamb
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Enshittifacator-in-Chief I was talking today with Megan, who’s serving as a poll worker, and I lost it when I thought of how Trump – solely for selfish, vicious purposes – has cast doubt on the honesty of U.S. elections. Liar. There’s no evidence of any significant fraud. Traitor.
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Cocktail Club Tuxedo Cocktail #2.
Approved.
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Jonah Goldberg on certain political types He … [thought] the hand of the state needed simply to impose efficiencies the political process was too dumb, lazy, or corrupt to impose. He wanted a libertarian monarch or national CEO of sorts to cut through the red tape and the political dysfunction.
Nothing in my experience or learning suggests that God (or nature, for that matter) cares much about efficiency.
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“Let Phil sing!” - RIP Phil Lesh … his lack of experience allowed him to rethink the role of the bass in rock music, drawing inspiration from the harmonics found in works he loved by Bach and the jazz bassist Charles Mingus. NYTimes, 25 Oct 2024
