Today, walking back home, I saw a bright shiny new penny laying on the sidewalk. Only a single penny, but it was so bright in the sunshine that I picked it up. Looking ahead, I saw what looked like another just a few feet away. I picked that bright new penny up as well.
Published in 2020, the book's subtitle is “Cats and the Meaning of Life”.
I first learned about the author, Thomas Chatterton Williams, when I was checking Wikipedia for Coleman Hughes. Coleman is a young black intellectual whose YouTube interview with John McWhorter had intrigued me. According to Wikipedia:
JL and I had a good phone conversation on Sunday, January 3. Our chat reminded me again what an affable person my friend has always been. JL was both liked and respected by his employees. He hired diverse staff, and was more interested in what one could do rather than their formal training and education.
The truth is that, as of now, I haven't actually read Jordan Peterson's premier book, Maps of Meaning – I simply read the Blinkist summary of the book. Shortly before, however, I had watched The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast #34 – Coleman Hughes with Jordan and Mikhaila Peterson because I am an enthusiastic supporter of Coleman Hughes. I knew nothing of Mikhaila, only to learn that most of the conversation would be between Coleman and Mikhaila's father, Jordan Peterson.
I've never approved of Trump as president. I was raised in middle America, where Trump got lots of support; however, as a moderate liberal, I've lived for decades in New York City. I am unlike many of the folks who live in this huge liberal bubble because I still have Republican friends and relatives, most of whom not only voted for Trump, but still believe pretty much whatever comes out of his mouth.
Two hardcore Trump supporters die and ascend to heaven. God meets them at the pearly gates and asks if they have any questions. One of them says, “Yes, what were the real results of the 2020 election and who was behind the fraud?”. God says, “my son, there was no fraud. Biden won the electoral college fair and square, 306 to 232”. After a few seconds of stunned silence, the one guy turns to the other and whispers, “This goes higher up than we thought”.
My (rather long) thoughts in response to a friend's questions about how the World Trade Center was taken down by airplanes.
Yesterday I got a text from a friend linking to Guiliani's latest press conference in which Sidney Powell said “What we are really dealing with here and uncovering more by the day is the massive influence of communist money through Venezuela, Cuba and likely China in the interference with our elections here in the United States,” she began.
My (rather long) thoughts in response to a friend's questions about how the World Trade Center was taken down by airplanes.