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A Recent and Eclectic Conversation with a CEO

 Among the subjects in our 40-minute meeting were Human Resources challenges; classical education versus that in the usual public schools; the poetry of T. S. Eliot, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Elinor Wylie; Dave Shiflett's book on religion (Exodus); the importance of introspection; and the benefit of memorizing "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere."

The meeting ended with a plan of action.

The Felt Loss of Center

 Perhaps the most painful experience of modern consciousness is the felt loss of center; yet, this is the inevitable result of centuries of insistence that society yield its form. Anyone can observe that people today are eager to know who is really entitled to authority, that they are looking wistfully for the sources of genuine value. In sum, they wish to know the truth, but they have been taught a perversion which makes their chance of obtaining it less every day. This perversion is that in a just society there are no distinctions.

- From Ideas Have Consequences by Richard M. Weaver

Music Break

Sippican Cottage has the details behind Freddie Fender's big hit.

On My List

 

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 In May 2023, Russian conscript Ruslan Anitin surrendered to an armed robot. Miles away, Ukraine's 92nd Mechanized Brigade controlled this cheap but effective grenade-equipped drone. It spent the previous hours hunting the man's comrades. The two Russian soldiers with Anitin were dead. After sustaining serious injuries, one detonated a grenade near his head; the other shot himself. Anitin chose differently, pleading with his unseen enemy for mercy. After some deliberation, the Ukrainians decided Anitin's intentions were genuine. They spared his life, directing him by drone across no man's land and into captivity as a prisoner of war.

- From Mobilize: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Stop World War III by Shyam Sankar and Madeline Hart

Not Just on Amazon

 Pilate's Magician is also available at ThriftBooks.

"Skillcations"

 The True Ranch Collection: A variety of ranches that teach a variety of skills.

A New Transparency

Let's replace the American Cultural Revolution with A New Transparency.

[Photo by Anna King at Unsplash]

When the World Went Mad

 

Consider this: The world was at peace on June 28, 1914, when Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated.

Thirty-seven days later, it was at war.

Amazing.

For a great book on the subject, see The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark