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will be. Thank you for reading and for taking the time to write! Re: We Need More Cancel Culture PJ is a genius... Nine is the new loneliest number. I will never again listen to luftballons. Thanks for making me woke. – Bill F. P.J. O’Rourke Comment: I’ll take it for granted that everyone gets Bill’s reference to “One Is the Loneliest Number” by Three Dog Night, which is such a staple of Oldies stations, piped-in music, and Alexa classic rock playlists that those three dogs are in serious need of being de-ear-wormed. But “Luftballons” may take some explaining to people who were too young (or too old) for New Wave when it was all new and wavy. The 1983 hit song “99 Luftballons” by the German band Nena is one of those poppy/ apocalypsey numbers of that era. It describes a cataclysmic war triggered by a festive release of party balloons – all set to a strangely upbeat tune. In 1991 during the Gulf War, I was with a convoy of journalists driving in between the flaming oil wells of Kuwait in the middle of the night with the sound of bombing and artillery all around us. We were scared shitless. So we put a cassette of “99 Luftballons” into the tape player of our Land Rover and cranked it up until it drowned the noise of armed conflict. Thanks for the memory, Bill. You can go back to sleep now.
Who wouldn’t love these reports from this publisher? Who wouldn’t love any platform that gave voice to Trish Regan? She is one of the most interesting, intelligent, and articulate journalists in America, and probably the world. It is no surprise that those who have such a fear of the harsh realities of truth want to censor her work. She lays out the facts in detail, and puts them in terms that a smart child could understand. The powers grasping for control certainly don’t want dumb adults to understand what they are bidding from us. What would happen if children knew too? – Phillip H. Trish Regan Response: Dear Phillip, thanks for that. I’ve always been a big believer in calling it like I see it, not overcomplicating an issue but instead trusting my gut. I take the time to examine all sides and am always open-minded enough to hear plenty of input but I’ve discovered in my many years covering markets, alongside political and economic policy, that my instinctive reaction to an issue or problem is most often the right one. I’m glad you enjoy how I explain it. I’ve noticed that too often some of those “in charge” love to overcomplicate issues with souped- up jargon. It’s all in an effort to elevate themselves over the reader, listener, or viewer. That’s never been my style. Instead I want to connect with readers and listeners – the more people that understand the most important issues of our time, the better off the country
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