By Jim Heffernan Iβve been thinking a lot about what a strange world we seem to be living in. I imagine myself and my wife sitting at the dinner table and I…
Category: I’ve been thinking
I’VE BEEN THINKING: STRUCTURAL AMNESIA
By Jim Heffernan Iβve been thinking a lot lately about the term βstructural amnesiaβ. I first encountered the term in Arlie Hochschildβs excellent book, βStrangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning…
BOOK REVIEW: “The Persuaders” by Anand Giridharadas – A VERY GOOD BOOK!
By Jim Heffernan I was attracted to this book by the idea of persuasion. So much of our political discourse these days is not devoted to persuasion at all. Today, it seems…
BOOK REVIEW: The Story of the American Dream – Ours Was the Shining Future by David Leonhardt
By Jim Heffernan I was attracted to this book because of the author and the topic. David Leonhardt is a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times Iβve read for…
I’ve Been Thinking … Too Old?
By Jim Heffernan Maybe itβs because Iβm elderly myself, but Iβve been thinking a lot about the buzz about Joe Bidenβs age. Trump is a week older than me and Biden is…
I’ve been thinking … Moral Choices and Iowa (the REAL numbers)
By Jim Heffernan Iβve been thinking about Chuck McLaughlinβs excellent βWhere I Standβ column of January 19* (link below), which struck a nerve with me. What I liked about it was the…
I’ve been thinking … First Friends and Second Friends
By Jim Heffernan Iβve been thinking about a new term in my vocabulary – βsecond friends.” Itβs a term that was coined by C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) to describe his relationship with Owen…
BOOK REVIEW: Love Your Enemies by Aurthur C. Brooks
By Jim Heffernan I bought this book last April and Iβm not sure why I did not review it at the time. The author is a devout Catholic with serious conservative and…
I’ve been thinking … Bespoke Reality
By Jim Heffernan Iβve been thinking a lot lately about the threats facing younger generations of Americans.Β I am among the oldest of the βboomersβ so I perhaps grew up in the…
BOOK REVIEW: Jim Heffernan’s Top 20 Books of 2023
EDITOR’S NOTE:Β Tis the season of “tops of 2023” lists – so here we go … book reviewer Jim Heffernan gives us his Top 20 books. By Jim Heffernan Another year, another…
