I think I said my thing about the Charlie Kirk funeral on Saturday. I still don’t understand some people’s insistence in sticking to, at best, questionable accusations about his mortifications.
Why spend time looking at what he’s actually said? Ilhan Omar says he’s a white nationalist; must be true.
But, in the news about the shooting, Utah Governor Spencer Cox has gotten a lot of attention about his statements and actions regarding the manhunt, etc..
The Free Press ran a long interview with him.
I do appreciate his desire to exit the political sage after his term; politics shouldn’t be a vocation. He’s also a W&L Law alumnus, and I’m a little shocked that they weren’t forced to change their name during The Great Awokening.
They did get into the evaporation of community organizations. Callbacks to Bowling Alone. (If you’d like to read the Wiki bit on it, enjoy.) I have some vague memories of it being the new hotness when I was in college. Whichever prof recommended wasn’t able to officially put in the course because there hadn’t been sufficient academic review. (Yes, I was an undergrad when it was published….)
But the idea that there’s a group who’ll do important things to improve quality of life for people who are proximate.
Somebody you know needs something, you try to help them out. Someone might prioritize catering to local friends and family, perhaps at financial disadvantage, is just something that government doesn’t do.
Government doesn’t do things well. Government Doesn’t Work.
Bubuhbut, there’s a noble civil servant who’d be employed to make sure government isn’t working to fix problems!
If you want something done, you can: 1. Pickup the phone and call someone. 2. Pay for it yourself to get the problem taken care of.
This is the sort of think that Spike Cohen is trying to do with You Are The Power.
(I stumbled across this listening to him on the Lions of Liberty network. Much of the episode focuses on his recent adoption of Lutheranism)
Get things done. Don’t wait for the government to steal money from others~ Geez.