By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what generally happens when someone says or writes something that another person doesn’t agree with. A person with strong opinions and weak…
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OP/ED: Our Democracy is Threatened!
By Jim Heffernan That’s not a joke. Our Democracy is not only threatened, but it was dealt a body blow. It’s not some sinister foreign conspiracy which threatens us. The threat is…
I’ve been thinking … RESPONSE RESORTS TO NAME-CALLING – Statement Verification, Clarifications
EDITOR’S NOTE: See below for links to Jim Heffernan’s Op/Ed – Ideology over Experience on TSD#9 Policy Committee, and April Bailey’s Response. By Jim Heffernan I will admit that when I first…
BOOK REVIEW: “I Have the Right to Remain Silent—But I Lack the Ability” by Madelaine Brauner Landry
By Jim Heffernan I think perhaps I might have a “book guardian angel” who sits on my shoulder and prods me when she sees a book she thinks I “need” to read….
Response to Jim Heffernan Op/Ed – Ideology over Experience on TSD#9 Policy Board
Sometimes politics taints an individual’s vision of truth so bad that they cannot see those they disagree with as people or see themselves in a mirror. Such is the case in a…
I’ve Been Thinking: Local Journalism – Meet the Pioneer Editor & Headlight-Herald Editor
By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot lately about “The Rocky Mountain News”, the newspaper of my youth. It was printed in a tabloid style that seemed the ideal format to…
OP/ED: Ideology over Experience on TSD#9 Policy Committee
By Jim Heffernan When Justin Aufdermauer was appointed to the vacant school board position, a vacancy was created on the School District’s Policy Committee. Two people submitted applications and I have included…
I’ve Been Thinking: Binge Reading & Dylan
By Jim Heffernan (Mister Peabody, please set the Wayback Machine to 1965) I’ve been thinking about this reading binge I’ve been on these last years and also lines from a Bob Dylan…
BOOK REVIEW: Listen, Liberal: or Whatever Happened to the Party of the People? –
By Jim Heffernan This is a book I started reading 8 days after the 2020 election, once my shell-shock had dissipated. It started a reading binge that has continued until the present…
BOOK REVIEW: Strangers in Their Own Land
By Jim Heffernan This is Arlie Hochshcild’s 9th and latest book. It was a finalist for a National Book Award. It the result of 5 years research in rural Louisiana into the…
