By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot about a term I’ve encountered recently. The term is “debt peonage” and the writer Thom Hartmann introduced it to me. Indentured servitude is a…
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JOIN A BOOK CLUB – “The Warmth of Other Suns”; Book Review
OIOpublisher By Jim Heffernan I was lucky that I grew up close to a branch library in Denver. It was named Smiley Branch Library after a 19th. century teacher/superindendent in Denver. I…
BOOK REVIEW: Dark Money by Jane Mayer
By Jim Heffernan I found this is a very important and fascinating book. It’s eight years old, but I think its insights are still very valid and accurate. This is Jane Mayer’s…
I’ve been thinking … Tale of Two Countries
By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot lately about two countries, two dictators, and two conferences in Munich that are separated by eighty-eight years of history. I’m talking about Czechoslovakia in…
I’ve been thinking … Two Wolves
By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot about this parable since I read it in the book, Human Kind by Rutger Bregman. In his book, Bregman cuts the story down to…
BOOKS: Jim Heffernan’s Top 20 for 2022
EDITOR’S NOTE: Time for those “top lists” of the year … when I asked Jim for his “Top 10” – he said “how aobut Top 20?” And then commented that when he…
BOOK REVIEW: Humankind – A Hopeful History
By Jim Heffernan I think what attracted me to this book was the coda “A Hopeful History” in its title. by author Rutger Bregman. I found it to be an entertaining read…
I’ve been thinking … Accentuate the Positive
By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how our national news seems dedicated to stoking fear and resentment. I would prefer a little positivity, even if it does interfere…
I’ve been thinking … Democracy – A Fact of Life
By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot lately about democracy and how it’s working in two countries, my own United States and Ukraine. I am blessed to have been born in…
BOOK REVIEW: Cheese War
By Jim Heffernan Cheese War is a book written mainly about a tumultuous time in Tillamook County between 1962 and 1968. It was written by a pair of sisters who lived through…