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Posts published by “Larry Bensky”

Journal of the Plague Year (#26)

Berkeley, CA September 14, 2020 – “Grandpa, do you remember the day the sun didn’t come up?” “Couldn’t have happened.” “But there are videos. Look!”  “Oh, that day. Actually the sun came up. It just…

Journal of the Plague Year (#25)

Berkeley, CA September 7, 2020 – Labor Day! Tens of thousands of people, tired and stressed by pandemic protocols, are now doing minimally and maximally dangerous things. Some do them deliberately, and then feel badly…

Journal of the Plague Year (#24)

Berkeley, CA August 31, 2020 – “Hatemonger. Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda” By Jean Guerrero. William Morrow, 2020, If you don’t know much, or even if you don’t know anything, about…

Journal of the Plague Year (#23)

Berkeley, CA August 24, 2020 – Completely crazy! It’s completely crazy that with global warming giving an early accelerant to wildfire season, the State of California dismantled its 3,400 prison inmate firefighter units because of…

Journal of the Plague Year (#22)

This week, the other specter lurking everywhere decided to make itself more widely noticed. There could hardly be a worse time for Global Warming

Journal of the Plague Year (#21)

Berkeley, CA, August 10, 2020 – Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” is an angry book. If you’re not angry after reading it, the reason may lie in the subtitle. Are you part…

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