Missive #563 Published 14 September 2025
Continuing The Anti-Federalist Papers
John DeWitt V (excerpt)
by John DeWitt
To the Free Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Missive #562 Published 12 September 2025
104. Nasruddin and the Sesame Seeds
As one of Nasruddin’s neighbors walked by, he noticed that Nasruddin was throwing sesame seeds onto the ground. There were sesame seeds everywhere!“What on earth are you doing?” the neighbor asked.
“I’m scattering sesame seeds,” Nasruddin replied calmly.
“I can see that!” said his neighbor. “But I don’t understand why you’re scattering sesame seeds.”
“To keep the tigers away,” said Nasruddin. “I highly recommend you give it a try too!”
“I still don’t understand,” his neighbor replied. “There aren’t any tigers anywhere near here.”
“I know!” Nasruddin exclaimed. “Isn’t it wonderful? The sesame seeds are working just as expected.”
Missive #561 Published 10 September 2025
This book got better customer reviews on Amazon.UK that at goodreads.com which may just be a case of the British understand the character of the characters in the story. I liked this one in the series more than the past couple I read. There are two more books in the series then the author has a few more that I will probably also read.
Missive #560 Published 8 September 2025
I thought the author of Tender Is The Flesh was even an even darker writer than Cormac McCarthy, this book just confirmed what I thought. If you like dystopian novels then you will enjoy this one, if not then I suggest you give it a pass.
Missive #559 Published 7 September 2025
Continuing The Federalist Papers.
Federalist No.55
The Total Number of the House of Representatives
Author: Alexander Hamilton or James Madison
To the People of the State of New York
Missive #558 Published 5 September 2025
103. Nasruddin and the Neighbor’s Bull
Nasruddin’s neighbor had a bull, and one day that bull blundered into Nasruddin’s garden, trampling all of Nasruddin’s vegetables.
When Nasruddin saw what his neighbor’s bull had done, he grabbed a whip and chased the bull out of the garden, whipping the bull as he did so.
“You accursed creature!” he shouted. “I’ll show you who’s the boss here! Take that! And take that!”
The bull bellowed loudly every time he felt the sting of Nasruddin’s whip.
“Hey there!” shouted Nasruddin’s neighbor. “What are you doing?”
“You stay out of this,” replied Nasruddin. “This is between me and the bull!”
Missive #557 Published 3 September 2025
My life would have been more tranquil in the days after Martinmas had I not seen the crows. Whatever it was that the crows had found lay in the dappled shadow of the bare limbs of the oak, so I was nearly upon the thing before I recognized what the crows were feasting upon. The corpse wore black.
Missive #556 Published 1 September 2025
I couldn't find a cover picture for this book so a screenshot of the title page will have to do. There were no book promos or customer reviews ether. It is one of the books in the American Folkways Series which has not received much attention over the years with most of the books in the series becoming unread. This one provides some good historical information about Kentucky but it is dated.
Missive #555 Published 31 August 2025
Continuing The Anti-Federalist Papers
John DeWitt IV (excerpt)
by John DeWitt
To the Free Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Missive #554 Published 29 August 2025
102. Nasruddin and the Neighbor’s Dog
The neighbor’s dog bit Nasruddin. After bandaging the wound, Nasruddin went next door to the neighbor to complain.“That vicious dog of yours just bit me!” Nasruddin shouted.
“I’m very sorry to hear that,” said the neighbor. “He’s really a very nice dog. Let me go in the kitchen and get some bread. Then you can feed him the bread yourself, and he’ll be your friend forever.”
“That’s a terrible idea!” said Nasruddin. “If I do that, your dog will tell all the other dogs in town, and then all those dogs will come here trying to bite me too.”