The Weekly Screed

“Now it’s time to say goodbye to all our company…”

By David Benjamin | 04/10/2013 | Comments Off on “Now it’s time to say goodbye to all our company…”

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013 The Weekly Screed (#623) “Now it’s time to say goodbye to all our company…” by David Benjamin MADISON, Wis. — With her death this week, the swiftly-reached media consensus about former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is that she was a “transformational” figure. Perhaps so, but… overshadowed by the obituaries and…

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Interview with the Virgin

By David Benjamin | 12/25/1998 | Comments Off on Interview with the Virgin

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1998 The Weekly Screed (Xmas #1) Interview with the Virgin by David Benjamin MADISON, Wis. — This time of year, Nativity scenes — many very elaborate — start popping up in front of every church. They feature real straw, hand-hewn mangers, lifesize papier-maché cows, sheep, shepherds, donkeys, Magi, Josephs, Christchildren, not to…

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