Imitation of Life: The Lia Thomas Story. The new, smash hit Broadway musical. Words and music by...
One of the worst moments of the Darrell Brooks trial was the day before the verdict, when the judge said court would resume the next day at 8:30am. Brooks attempted to clown with the judge, taking on a friendly, teasing voice: I don't know, that's awful early to get up; I like to sleep late. Words to that effect, showing a complete indifference to the deaths, to the survivors, to the legal system. Did he think the judge was going to smile and giggle? The trial showed clearly, in my view, that garden-variety remorselessness is not "mental illness."
I read a recent editorial by Ruy Teixeira in The Economist asking if we've reached peak woke. His view was that the populace is sick of woke, that most politicians are sick of woke, but that woke has so penetrated our institutions that it isn't going away any time soon, because millions of people now have jobs predicated on woke staying alive. As Dr. Loury alluded to, next Tuesday might well be a proxy for the mindset of voters.
Remember the hyper-activism of the later 60's & 70's. To an extent that burned itself out, along with the populace sickening of the violence. Things got kinda boring and quiet. Other things occupied our minds. But much stuck (expanded Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, affirmative action, urban renewal, etc.) with an severe expansion of national, state and local jobs in the Social Services. Though things seemed to get economically better for all, with more emphasis on character & merit, an insidious under current remained, fostered by our move from industrial to service. Things got kinda boring and quiet. Other things occupied our minds. We became more "socialistic". The economic divide widened because I believe that pay for jobs that are dependent on taxes & contributions or other people wealth, requiring no skills or a degree in psych-social babble can never come close to those that require some skill and generate revenue. I believe also we will swing away from the hyper-woke, but much will stick. The Internet lets nothing die a natural death.
Imitation of Life: The Lia Thomas Story. The new, smash hit Broadway musical. Words and music by...
One of the worst moments of the Darrell Brooks trial was the day before the verdict, when the judge said court would resume the next day at 8:30am. Brooks attempted to clown with the judge, taking on a friendly, teasing voice: I don't know, that's awful early to get up; I like to sleep late. Words to that effect, showing a complete indifference to the deaths, to the survivors, to the legal system. Did he think the judge was going to smile and giggle? The trial showed clearly, in my view, that garden-variety remorselessness is not "mental illness."
I read a recent editorial by Ruy Teixeira in The Economist asking if we've reached peak woke. His view was that the populace is sick of woke, that most politicians are sick of woke, but that woke has so penetrated our institutions that it isn't going away any time soon, because millions of people now have jobs predicated on woke staying alive. As Dr. Loury alluded to, next Tuesday might well be a proxy for the mindset of voters.
Remember the hyper-activism of the later 60's & 70's. To an extent that burned itself out, along with the populace sickening of the violence. Things got kinda boring and quiet. Other things occupied our minds. But much stuck (expanded Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, affirmative action, urban renewal, etc.) with an severe expansion of national, state and local jobs in the Social Services. Though things seemed to get economically better for all, with more emphasis on character & merit, an insidious under current remained, fostered by our move from industrial to service. Things got kinda boring and quiet. Other things occupied our minds. We became more "socialistic". The economic divide widened because I believe that pay for jobs that are dependent on taxes & contributions or other people wealth, requiring no skills or a degree in psych-social babble can never come close to those that require some skill and generate revenue. I believe also we will swing away from the hyper-woke, but much will stick. The Internet lets nothing die a natural death.