One of my readers sent me this piece from The Nation. I really don't read The Nation all that much, but because it was a reader and because the piece was about gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, from a writing generation before mine, and because the author claimed that Thompson's book Hells Angels was predictive of Donald Trump, I opened the piece up and found myself reading the entire thing.
 
It does have the slant you would expect from The Nation, but it also made me think. As I've mentioned in my letter over the past few months, I have read the book Men Without Work, which has been a significant influence on my thinking about future generations and their roles in society, etc.. I saw parallels between Hunter's work, which this writer analyzes well, and the angst in America that is spreading among working people.
 
I don't agree with all of the author's conclusions or even some of her assertions, but I think there is a real phenomenon here that we should be paying attention to as concerned observers of society who have to live and invest in that society. This piece has my antenna up.
 
I recognize this is not going to float all my readers' boats – if you get into it and don't like it, then just delete it.
 
“There's something happening here; what it is ain't exactly clear.”