Author Archives: Jim Booth

“More and more, as I think about history…I am convinced that everything that is worthwhile in the world has been accomplished by the free, inquiring, critical spirit, and that the preservation of this spirit is more important than any social … Continue reading →

A reading list for our times: Back in 2018 I ran out of gas – the current government had gotten on my last nerve, and my refuge, reading and writing about what I read, sort of failed me for awhile. … Continue reading →

Aretha was authentic – like Elvis. That scared the hell out of people. The truth always does…. “…we want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand.” – Malcolm X. At the end of his long … Continue reading →

“Jesus don’t want me for a sunbeam/Sunbeams are never made like me…”                                                          … Continue reading →

“The language of friendship is not words but meanings.” – Henry David Thoreau One of my oldest friends died a few weeks ago. Mike and I first met when were were 7 years old. We bonded over a mutual love … Continue reading →

“…ternarity became the ideology of feudal society; the division into groups was “not on the basis of actions performed, roles played, offices assumed, or services mutually rendered, but rather on the basis of merit.” – Georges Duby As what the … Continue reading →

“Warren Buffett has advocated for higher taxes on the rich and a reasonable estate tax. But his company Berkshire Hathaway has used ‘hypothetical amounts’ to ‘pay’ its taxes while actually deferring $77 billion in real taxes.” – Paul Buchheit, Bill Moyers and Company This an an … Continue reading →

“Elvis is where pop begins and ends. He’s the great original and even now he’s the image that makes all others seem shoddy, the boss. For once, the fan club spiel is justified: Elvis is King.” – Nik Cohn One … Continue reading →

“The system is run by the few with the few as the main beneficiaries. Most of the people in the world have no say in these systems and are either not helped or are adversely affected by them.” – George … Continue reading →

“The bureaucracy is a dehumanizing place in which to work and by which to be serviced. The main reason we think of McDonaldization as irrational, and ultimately unreasonable, is that it tends to become a dehumanizing system that may become … Continue reading →