By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot about AI (Artificial Intelligence), and I just don’t trust it. I can’t shake the idea it will not benefit people like me and my…
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BUTCH’S BLOG: Writing on the Inside
By Butch Freedman I knew I was being played. It was the journals they were after. The aim was to score a free notebook, not to be in a writing group. What…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: What’s wrong with our politics?
“Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.” – Will Rogers By Marc C. Johnson Susan Collins, the Republican senator from Maine, announced her re-election campaign…
BUTCH’S BLOG: It Can’t Happen Here – Or Can It?
By Butch Freedman I watched a “60 Minutes” episode last night about three 80-year-olds who were born in the death camps of the Nazis in 1945. It was a story of resilience…
CIVIL DISCOURSE: An Agenda of Joy
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’m asked a lot about what I read – and I read a lot – several dozen different publications and especially a lot of blogs on Substack. Here’s one of…
BUTCH’S BLOG: A Small Good Thing
By Butch Freedman I was not into it at first. Seemed overly friendly, even intrusive. I mean, you don’t do that with strangers, do you? My wife, Bev, did. She was fully…
WORDS OF WISDOM: A Stranger’s Story Gives Lesson in Listening
By Neal Lemery We were strangers, both stuck in limbo in a waiting room, with no place to go. He started talking, telling a story of moving here a month ago, enjoying…
BOOK REVIEW: Fighting Oligarchy by Bernie Sanders
By Jim Heffernan This book was published September 30, 2025 and I read it yesterday.(Feb. 8, 2026) It’s a slim 144 pages, tightly written and a partisan pleasure to read. The book…
Thank You and Please
By Lianne Thompson Who’s got the money, who’s got the power, and what are they doing with it? What’s the cost, who gets the benefit? What’s in it for you and for…
CONVERSATIONS WITH COACH DENISE: Everyone Just Watched – What Our Children Learn From Silence
By Denise Donohue I remember a Tuesday afternoon that smelled like pencil shavings, cafeteria pizza, and desert dust blowing in from the Las Vegas heat. My office sat right next to the…