By Jim Heffernan “Braver Angels” (a national organization that promotes civil communication between people of differing viewpoints) recommended this book. I am very glad they did, I enjoyed it very much. This…
Category: I’ve been thinking
BOOK REVIEW: I Never Thought of It That Way
OIOpublisher By Jim Heffernan Monica Guzman is an Hispanic journalist from Seattle. She lives in a part of Seattle where only 8 out of a thousand can be rated as “conservative”. She…
BOOK REVIEW: The Osprey and the Seawolf
By Jim Heffernan When I lived in barracks in Kansas (1964-1966), the base library would deliver a box of paperback books once a month. They were mostly “pulp”, but there were worthy…
BOOK REVIEW: Gunfight- My Battle against the Industry that Radicalized America
By Jim Heffernan This a book written by a man who grew up in rural Kansas (20 miles from Colorado, 20 miles from Nebraska). That makes his birthplace Cheyenne County, Kansas, same…
BOOK REVIEW: 1984 by George Orwell
By Jim Heffernan 328 Pages Published 1949 Available everywhere. This 1960 copy, original price 60 cents; this version $9.95 on eBay. In 1960, I was a High School Freshman and one of…
“I’ve been thinking” … Trip back to 1996 on spaceship Earth
By Jim Heffernan I found this when I moved my printer. It’s from April of 1996 when I was taking WR246 at TBCC. The last paragraph is new, but otherwise 26 years…
“I’ve been thinking …” – Our lost sense of common truth
By Jim Heffernan Once upon a time, in a country that now seems so far away, there existed a nation that was distinguished by the achievement and integrity of its populace. They…
“I’ve been thinking” – Taking Advice
By Jim Heffernan Most people can sing, at least a little bit. I can’t. I sing so badly the nun who taught choir in grade school told me not to sing, just…
BOOK REVIEW: Constitution of Knowledge – A Defense of the Truth
By Jim Heffernan I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I was attracted to it by its “A Defense of Truth” in the book title. Truth seems to be something that is in short…
“I’ve been thinking …” – Tillamook School Board Meeting Comment Period Reveals Real Divide, Need for Dialogue
By Jim Heffernan I have been very interested in the school board’s proposed policy of “local control”, particularly how it would apply to wearing face masks. So I went to the Feb….