I'm heading to Tibet today, but not before asking a nearby hotel to fax in my general election ballot for November 4th! I'll make no secret of it... I'm voting for Obama - and it was an easy choice. Any of you still thinking about McCain better pa http://benjaminbenson.com/entry/1698 Mon, 06 10 2008 10:59:38 UTC When reading my morning news at WashingtonPost.com, I am now forced to see large pop-out advertisements from Boeing showing their latest line of military helicopters. They aren't selling anything to WashingtonPost.com readers, and they don't want http://benjaminbenson.com/entry/1696 Wed, 01 10 2008 02:47:55 UTC It is nearing the end of September now, Beijing's best season. The air is cool and crisp - and everything feels fresher than the summer months. A man is walking through the neighborhood announcing his visit with a deep resonating voice. "Ye http://benjaminbenson.com/entry/1692 Fri, 26 09 2008 13:16:44 UTC I'd like to make a statement for the record. Banking institutions are ridiculously absurd. In 2006, banks collected $80 billion in service fees. For most, a "service" means helping or doing work for someone, but banks define "service" as any mis http://benjaminbenson.com/entry/1691 Tue, 23 09 2008 12:55:42 UTC Hi, Mom, Dad, Ben, Lily! I am overdue to write news from the homefront. We got our blue car back from the shop at last, it looks all shiny and nice. Also it is fixed, yay. Dad, I forget if i told you the story of the car rolling down th http://benjaminbenson.com/entry/1647 Sun, 21 09 2008 09:33:39 UTC "...I would have to say, however, that a caveat to the ideal of nurturing the world as a whole is that I would do anything to defend my country. The two may not be mutually exclusive..." -- C A S Point 1: Nurturing the world is a critical http://benjaminbenson.com/entry/1637 Sun, 21 09 2008 03:38:55 UTC I prefer that we run our country as a place where religious persecution and conquests are left at the door. That should be obvious (though it clearly isn't to some). What's less obvious is how we can maintain appropriate levels of governance on m http://benjaminbenson.com/entry/1636 Thu, 18 09 2008 08:06:17 UTC [In response to Marcus Felde's email] OK No dialogue. I think I have already sent the URL to this article once. I'll save you a click this time. I repeat, I was in PSYOPS in the USARMY. I didn't have to do what this guy did, as I was just a http://benjaminbenson.com/entry/1646 Wed, 17 09 2008 09:31:54 UTC [In response to Dad's email] ...Actually, it wasn't a response to either. It sprang from a recent reflection on Christendom, and was offered more in response to a byte of Nathan's jeremiad ("pulpits spew hate"). Oversimplistically, there are http://benjaminbenson.com/entry/1645 Tue, 16 09 2008 09:29:57 UTC [In response to Marcus Felde's "Peace" email] Is this a reply to my request for an URL that shows us moving toward a brighter future? Or is it a response to my suggestion that your church work (laborare est orare) against a war that is or http://benjaminbenson.com/entry/1644 Tue, 16 09 2008 09:28:10 UTC