By Jim Heffernan Another image falls off the conveyor belt of my mind. This is one I saw several times throughout my years in the elementary grades. It was probably my daydreaming…
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CIVIC SATURDAYS WITH JIM HEFFERNAN: Sermon #4 – Alternate Realities Transcript; Join Jim at 10AM on Saturday February 1 for Sermon #5
Join us tomorrow, February 1 at 10am for the fifth “sermon” from Eric Liu for Tillamook County’s version of “Civic Saturdays” with Jim Heffernan hosting. The sermons explore new ways to be…
I’ve been thinking … A Love Story
By Jim Heffernan I sometimes wish I could remember the exact date because it was the luckiest day of my life. It was 1963, sometime in January. I had weathered my first…
BOOK REVIEW: On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
By Jim Heffernan Timothy Snyder has become a favorite author of mine. “Our Malady” is a very short book that is the best argument for universal health care I’ve ever read. “The…
I’ve been thinking … The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
By Jim Heffernan Maybe it’s old age, but more and more my thoughts seem to crystallize in my mind as pictures that transport me to the past or illustrate the present. Somehow,…
BOOK REVIEW: Invisible Rulers by Renee DiResta
By Jim Heffernan I think maybe I’m a sucker for anything that has “invisible” in the title. It’s probably because the last 50+ years of my life have not progressed the way…
CIVIC SATURDAYS WITH JIM HEFFERNAN: Sermon #4 – Alternate Realities; Join Jim at 10AM on Saturday January 25 for Sermon #4
Join us tomorrow, Saturday January 25th at 10am for the fourth “sermon” from Eric Liu for Tillamook County’s version of “Civic Saturdays” with Jim Heffernan hosting. The sermons explore new ways to…
I’ve been thinking … Gaslighting
By Jim Heffernan I’ve watched this 1944 movie, but it’s been a long time ago. The title has become part of our language. In Psychology, it refers to a tactic of power…
BOOK REVIEW: Fire Weather – On the Front Lines of a Burning World by John Vaillant
By Jim Heffernan The Los Angeles wildfires in January is what drew me to this book from last year. It may have started out as a dutiful trek in search of information,…
CIVIC SATURDAYS WITH JIM HEFFERNAN: Sermon #2 – PRESENT AT THE CREATION; Join Jim Saturday for Sermon #3 (Links below)
Join us at 10am tomorrow, Saturday January 18th at 10am for the third “sermon” from Eric Liu for Tillamook County’s version of “Civic Saturdays” with Jim Heffernan hosting. The sermons explore new…
