― Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again

We've become like a nation of advertising men, all hiding behind catch phrases like "prosperity" and "rugged individualism" and "the American way." And the real things like freedom, and equal opportunity and the integrity and worth of the individual...they have become just words too.”

Suddenly we realize that America has turned into something ugly...and the worst of it is the intellectual dishonesty which all this corruption has bred...People are afraid to think straight--afraid to face themselves...

Immigrant? Check
Widow? Check
Over 50? Check
Idiot? Penciled in check

"Blaming the weak for their own sickness is one half of the coin of soft eugenics." In plain sight!

I owned this album! Bernie's "Doin' the Pigeon" was my favorite track.

"Remember, no masks!"

It's truly amazing how the calm voice of an NPR host can make my pulse go down and my hope for humanity skyrocket.