John Pepper - Pepperspectives
November 30, 2022

Personally Meaningful Reflections on Jon Meacham's New Biography of Abraham Lincoln

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 There was much in this book which I find a guide post on how to live a good life.  Jon Meacham’s Biography of Abraham Lincoln:   And There ...
November 14, 2022

A Chance Encounter Leads Me To a Mind-Opening and Spirit-Lifting Book

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  A Chance Encounter Leads Me To A Mind-Opening and Spirit-Confirming Book   I was walking out of one of the Sloan Kettering buildings with ...
November 9, 2022

Richard Hofstadter: Champion of the Values of Irony and Balance- But Relentless Passion is Often Essential to Make Breakthrough Progress

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  David S. Brown’s book,  Richard Hofstadter, An Intellectual Biography  reminded me why I so appreciated Hofstadter’s writings and politica...
October 31, 2022

President Biden's and the Nation's Lost Opportunity--Restoring the "Soul of America"

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Whatever the future brings, we must never forget the eternal debt we owe President Biden. He enabled our country, as only he at the time cou...
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October 26, 2022

Confronting the Risk of This Precarious Moment

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  Over the course of the last nine months, I have posted several blogs related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  The first dealing with the ...
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October 19, 2022

What Walter Lippman Has to Teach Us Today

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  The more I read about Walter   Lippman , the more I like him.   Old-time values, though you have to take his arrogance and his self-servin...
September 29, 2022

A Cruel, Tragic and Misbegotten War--Putin's Decision to Invade Ukraine--The Screw Turns

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When it happened seven months ago, I could not believe Putin's lack of sense and foresight in deciding to invade and attempt to take ove...
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