I didn't post part 1 of this, but Part II is very stand alone.
I kind of like this one. I'm 90% or so through Nussbaum's book and about 70% through Woodwards, and they're both interesting. Toss in the new one by Gelfand, and I may begin to understand.
Few comments on the material -- I did the sentence that refers to the US as a country of broad shoulders, and decided that the poem, or most of it, belonged in the article. As a nation, our mojo kinda sorta is on vacation; I think that Trump's election depended in large part on a lot of people showing off their pencil necked geek. Chicago was a great image of America, a country with flaws but broad shoulders. Trump's triumph requires that a part of us give up and just slump our shoulders and demand our American version of Dostoyevsky's Inquisitor. It's ok to be depressed, but damn it, you need to go out shoulders back, head high and be aggressively depressed. Or something.
Dylan number is from his 88 tour of Australia with a little known band from Gainesville as his backup....Tad Putty and the Heartburners? Something like that. Looks like he's playing a Dean acoustic guitar which strikes me as odd.
New Vets setup limits the amount of music I can post. As I was finishing up, I realized I wanted to add this, mainly for the first verse --
Same old tune/fiddle and guitars/ where do we take it from here?
Rhinestone boots /big shiney cars/ it's been the same way for Years
We need a change...
Somebody told me when I got to Nashville
Son you really got it made
Old Hank made it here and we're all sure that you will
But I don't think Hank done it this a-way
I don't think Hank done it this way?
If old Hank did it this way, it would sound like Chuck Prophet.
