Archive for September 2020
Pandemic notes 4.0: The Murray Hamilton effect
by David Benjamin “Life on earth is an endless chain of parasitism which would soon lead to the complete annihilation of all living things unless the incorruptible workers of the vegetable kingdom constantly renewed the supply of suitable nitrogen and carbon compounds which other living things can filch… In the last analysis, man may be defined…
Read MoreThe greatest spy hunt in history
by David Benjamin “[The Mueller investigation is] the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!” ― Donald John Trump MADISON, Wis. — The most thrilling, dramatic and earthshaking revelation of the Trump era in America is still almost entirely secret and might well remain uncovered beyond many of our lifetimes. It has…
Read MoreEverybody wants to be the underdog
by David Benjamin “All through grade school, I had seen the tall, the strong, the swift, the comely, the bright and affluent among my peers reap notice, bask in praise and collect loving cups while the rest of us gleaned consolation from the crumbs at their feet. We lived by the motto, “Nice try.” Without…
Read MoreOh? Really?
by David Benjamin “Teach them the quiet words of kindness, to live beyond themselves. Urge them toward excellence, drive them toward gentleness, pull them deep into yourself, pull them upward toward manhood, but softly like an angel arranging clouds. Let your spirit move through them softly.” ― Pat Conroy “You talking to me, teach?” —…
Read MoreAn executive encyclical
by David Benjamin (ISSUED FROM THE OVAL OFFICE AND SIGNED ON 4 SEPTEMBER 2020) By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution, the laws of the United States of America and the universal consensus that I alone can fix the horror left behind by the Kenyan usurper, and to protect the Nation…
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