Politics
Three-word philosophies
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2015 The Weekly Screed (#735) Three-word philosophies by David Benjamin “… And when this happens, and when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s…
Read MoreGod's great afterthought
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2015 The Weekly Screed (#734) God’s great afterthought by David Benjamin “…the unborn, though enclosed in the womb of his mother, is already a human being, and it is an almost monstrous crime to rob it of life which it has not yet begun to enjoy. If it seems more horrible to…
Read MoreInternet zombies
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2015 The Weekly Screed (#733) Internet zombies by David Benjamin “Yea, thou [sic] I walk through the valley of the shadow of death/ 95,000 Americans killed by illegal aliens since 9-11.” — Americans for Legal Immigration PAC MADISON, Wis. — Good old Homer has cut me off. This is a shame, because…
Read MoreLand of the aggrieved, home of the whiny
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2015 The Weekly Screed (#732) Land of the aggrieved, home of the whiny by David Benjamin “I am the most fabulous whiner. I do whine, because I want to win.” — Donald Trump MADISON, Wis. — Excuse me for a moment while I compare Donald Trump, red-state narcissist, to the Rev. Martin…
Read MoreStop playing defense, Zorba. Play the Game(s) your way!
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015 The Weekly Screed (#731) Stop playing defense, Zorba. Play the Game(s) your way! by David Benjamin TO: Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic Dear Prime Minister Tsipras: Please accept my belated congratulations on your triumph last month in the Greek-bailout plebiscite. Although this was, in many respects, a Pyrrhic victory, it…
Read MoreThe prebuttal imperative of the “liberal media”
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2015 The Weekly Screed (#726) The prebuttal imperative of the “liberal media” by David Benjamin PARIS — I thought I’d coined the word “prebuttal” until today when, in the New York Times, I found Paul Vallely using it in an op-ed piece about Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical, Laudato Sii. Vallely was citing…
Read MoreThis dog has had its day
FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015 The Weekly Screed (#721) This dog has had its day by David Benjamin “Are you really willing to give up your liberty for security?” — Sen. Rand Paul MADISON, Wis. — Rand Paul and the anti-government anarchists who live in cinder-block bunkers with a ten-year stash of flashlight batteries and Cheez…
Read MoreThe ministrations of fear
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2015 The Weekly Screed (#718) The ministrations of fear by David Benjamin “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance…” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt, First…
Read MoreThe ‘right to work’ for nothing
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015 The Weekly Screed (#713) The ‘right to work’ for nothing by David Benjamin “You got me workin’, boss man, /Workin’ ‘round the clock. /I want a little drink of water, /But you won’t let Jimmy stop…” — Jimmy Reed MADISON, Wis. — The relationship has rarely been amicable between dedicated American…
Read More“You wanna make somethin’ of it?”
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015 The Weekly Screed (#712) “You wanna make somethin’ of it?” by David Benjamin MADISON, Wis. — Unlike Ernest Hemingway, Nelson Algren and Opie Taylor, I didn’t engage in a whole lot of pugilism in my school days. Every normal kid in the combative 1950’s had ample opportunity to get beaten into…
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