Missive #516 Published 15 June 2025
Continuing The Federalist Papers.
Federalist No.49
Method of Guarding Against the Encroachments of Any One Department of Government by Appealing to the People Through a Convention
Author: Alexander Hamilton or James Madison
To the People of the State of New York:
Missive #515 Published 14 June 2025
How far would you go? In the future, an artist specializing in historical records creates a piece of art based on three separate accounts of the Zombie Pandemic. What follows is a patchwork tale of survival and horror as two lovers struggle to survive the undying dead and the collapse of an America turned charnel house.
Missive #514 Published 13 June 2025
91. Nasruddin and the Village Boys
Nasruddin met some boys from the village and decided to play a trick on them.
“Hey!” he shouted. “Did you know it’s the mayor’s birthday? There’s a party with music and dancing and all the food you can eat. You better hurry and run to the mayor’s house as fast as you can!”
“Thank you, Nasruddin!” shouted the boys, and they immediately dashed off towards the mayor’s house.
Then Nasruddin thought to himself, “You know, it really might be the mayor’s birthday after all…” and he began to run after the boys.
“Wait for me!” he shouted. “I’m coming too!”
Missive #513 Published 12 June 2025
"[A] passionate, compelling, and disturbing argument that the ills of democracy in the United States today arise from the default of its elites." ―John Gray, New York Times Book Review (front-page review) In a front-page review in the Washington Post Book World , John Judis wrote: "Political analysts have been poring over exit polls and precinct-level votes to gauge the meaning of last November's election, but they would probably better employ their time reading the late Christopher Lasch's book." And in the National Review , Robert Bork says The Revolt of the Elites "ranges provocatively [and] insightfully."
Missive #512 Published 11 June 2025
Dear Reader,
My SHADOW SOLDIERS have gone to extreme lengths to bury their pasts. But while it’s one thing to try and escape a deed, can one ever really run from oneself? This is the conflict faced by Rafiq Zayed, a mercenary who tries to hide the fact that the blood of ancient warrior sheiks pulses in his veins. But, in a bid to stop a global threat of almost incomprehensible proportion, Rafiq is forced to return to the land of his birth.
Missive #511 Published 9 June 2025
Finley Peter Dunne was a Chicago-based U.S. author, writer and humorist. He published Mr. Dooley in Peace and War, a collection of his nationally syndicated Mr. Dooley sketches, in 1898. The fictional Mr. Dooley expounded upon political and social issues of the day from his South Side Chicago Irish pub and he spoke with the thick verbiage and accent of an Irish immigrant. Dunne's sly humor and political acumen won the support of President Theodore Roosevelt, a frequent target of Mr. Dooley's barbs. Indeed Dunne's sketches became so popular and such a litmus test of public opinion that they were read each week at White House cabinet meetings.
Missive #510 Published 8 June 2025
Continuing The Anti-Federalist Papers
Centinel V (Excerpt)
Why the Articles Failed
by Samuel Bryan
To the Freemen of Pennsylvania
Missive #509 Published 7 June 2025
How far would you run to escape your past?
For eight strangers in a Los Angeles backpacking hostel, even the other side of the world isn’t far enough.
The craving for a new identity and the chance to start again is something they have in common. But the search for a fresh start isn't as easy as they'd imagined.
Missive #508 Published 6 June 2025
90. Naked Nasruddin
One morning Nasruddin arrived at school not wearing any clothes. He was completely naked! All the other schoolboys laughed at him, but the teacher was not amused. In fact, he was very angry.
“Nasruddin, explain yourself!” said the teacher sternly. “What on earth are you doing here without any clothes on?”
“Just let me explain,” Nasruddin replied, smiling brightly at the teacher. “I woke up late, so I was in a big hurry and I ran just as fast as I could. I simply didn’t have time to get dressed if I wanted to get here to school on time.”
Missive #507 Published 4 June 2025
This is an eclectic set of speeches given in 1899 and 1900. Roosevelt was at that time governor of NYS, about to become the Vice President under McKinley — and of course subsequently president sooner than anyone expected.…The speeches seem to be boilerplate political stump speeches for the most part. A lot of repetition in what he has to say to the different audiences. Not what I was expecting and not recommended.