I was in high school from 1968 to 1971. The "news" of the day included much palaver about "Women's Lib." Norman Mailer made an ass of himself as the self-appointed cultural voice of ridicule toward "the Libbies." Within the foment of that era, there were many seemingly loony ideas floated on television talk shows: "Sexual intercourse is rape." I have to cut Mailer a dab of slack for his Male Chauvinist Pig routine.

Here we are on a special Wednesday (aren't they all ?).
Sitting here at the local library wondering if the writers group

Recent swarms of tremors under Mt. Rainier and Mt. Hood, 1100 in the last month, portend a risk of future eruption.
Mt Hood has seen a puff of smoke or steam on July 28th that scientists are describing as venting.

This began as a reflection upon a quote of the philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis:

Catching Up isn't Hard to Do

After a week away from the news, I thought it might be a challenge to catch up to the current cycle. I'm reminded of a line from John Prine's "Hello in There"...all the news just seems to repeat itself like some forgotten dream that we've both seen. Russia continues to advance in Ukraine, the Palestinians are still being starved and killed (despite Bibi's denial), Tariffs are being used like sanctions to try to control other countries and impact BRICS+, the US continues to harass Iran and China...the only thing new was the Thai-Cambodia conflict which seems to have calmed down. The US (and global) economy seems to be a ticking time bomb designed to usher in "Stablecoins".