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If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud.
Alice's Restaurant- Arlo Guthrie Happy Thanksgiving to you all from Berkshire County, Massachusetts home of Stockbridge the setting of Alice's Restaurant and the Thanksgiving Massacree. It's tradition here, Alice's Restaurant plays on repeat all day, which at 24 some odd minutes depending on the version means about 5 times. The kids have even stopped complaining and will turn it back on sometime after Motorcycle... It's an anti war song, a silly song about starting a movement
ichh2026
Nov 27, 20251 min read


Our first rehearsal and the Fall of Freedom
F ALL OF FREEDOM IS AN URGENT CALL TO THE ARTS COMMUNITY TO UNITE IN DEFIANCE OF AUTHORITARIAN FORCES SWEEPING THE NATION. Saturday we had our first rehearsal, in collaboration with and in support of the Fall of Freedom . I've read the play four or five times and there's simply no comparison to hearing a play. My script is all under lines, scribbles and notes for research to be done. My heart is full. My faith renewed. A big table. A group of talented, smart people. A good
ichh2026
Nov 24, 20251 min read


Jamal X on Francis Perkins
She watched 146 women burn to death because factory owners locked the exits. Twelve years later, she became the most powerful woman in America.
ichh2026
Nov 8, 20251 min read


An open letter for all Americans, in our time of crisis by Paul Cobaugh
For well over a decade now, our nation built onto the foundation of extraordinary human, not religious principles, has been engaged in an ever more aggressive and largely verbal civil war, over what most call “politics.”
ichh2026
Nov 8, 20251 min read


We Can't Stop Listening and Singing Along!
This Janis Ian Song SLAPS! It’s a funny kind of thing, when you sing a little song and you get a couple people to sing along It’s the power of community. Authenticity changes your reality I know it’s hard to believe when they’re yelling in your ear and it’s the only voice you’re able to hear But you raise up your fist and you learn to resist and you say “I will not disappear” I will not disappear. I will not disappear. I will not disappear, I will not disappear. I will not d
ichh2026
Oct 20, 20251 min read


Reading the Classic Novel That Predicted Trump
Today, Lewis’s novel is making a comeback as an analogy for the Age of Trump. Within a week of the 2016 election, the book was reportedly sold out on Amazon.com.
ichh2026
Oct 20, 20251 min read


How to Stay Sane When the World’s on Fire (And Still Do Something About It)
The Unbreakable Mindset for a Nation on the Brink-How to Keep Your Head While Everyone Else Is Losing Theirs The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #584: Monday, October 6th, 2025
ichh2026
Oct 6, 20251 min read
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