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Ben Sen

Ben Sen
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New York, N.Y.,
Birthday
December 31
Bio
I'd rather be judged on the basis of my posts than anything written in my bio. It's put down and gathered as a record of my experience and a response to what I see as the important issues in the world today. I don't pretend it's anything other than subjective. The purpose is to analyse, interpret, express opinions, challenge the status quo, open a few doors, and entertain when the muse permits. I heartily welcome ratings, comments and dialogue as that is what makes this media unique and valuable. It also keeps me honest and encouraged since I'm not getting paid. Take a risk and say something; it feels better. The "conversation" is essential for the growth of the individual and the collective. I have faith it extends beyond the confines of what is said here. "For it is necessary for awake people to be awake, or a breaking line may discourge us back to sleep, the signals we give--yes, no or maybe--should be clear: the darkness around us is deep." From A RITUAL TO READ TO EACH OTHER by William Stafford

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May 24, 2012 04:31PM
“Czar: I beg your foregiveness. It's just that there are so many false prophets and you speak with such certaintly about matters that have confused some…”
About: Jamie Dimon’s Personal Hedge Fund At JP Morgan Has Likely Become The Tipping Point In The Global Economic Storm
May 24, 2012 03:43PM
“Hey Czar: When you're done stamping your feet and got it figured out I hope you let some of us serfs in on it. Enquiring minds want to know and if yo…”
About: Jamie Dimon’s Personal Hedge Fund At JP Morgan Has Likely Become The Tipping Point In The Global Economic Storm
May 24, 2012 01:45PM
“You've become my source of information and reliable opinion on the matter. The "exodus" from the Church in this country has been underway for…”
About: Catholic on Catholic civil war brewing
May 24, 2012 01:22PM
“You're way to apocalytic for my taste, and make far too many sweeping generalizations to bolster your high opinion of yourself. You don't even mention t…”
About: Jamie Dimon’s Personal Hedge Fund At JP Morgan Has Likely Become The Tipping Point In The Global Economic Storm
May 21, 2012 07:15PM
“grest article, being Republican is like being Catholic these days, reasonable folks have been thrown to the wolves.”
About: What the Affordable Care Act Means for Women
May 21, 2012 12:22PM
“The latest reports I've seen make clear Obama felt certain not long after the surge that the "objectives" of the military weren't possible, a…”
About: Why Does The Left So Betray Obama on Afghanistan?
May 20, 2012 05:35PM
“Did you see the piece in today's NYTIMES by Campbell Brown, a Barnard graduate basically bringing Obama to task for patronizing women by calling them s…”
About: Obama at Barnard
May 18, 2012 09:57PM
“The question is how the person ostensibly in charge does his job, and whether he does it in the interests of the "greatest good." My position…”
About: A Symbolic Marriage
May 18, 2012 08:30PM
“Camille Paglia proved herself to be a fraud in the time she was a columnist on Salon. I wrote about it on my blog and have yet to be refuted. You are…”
About: debauchery doesn't cut it in a nihilistic age.
May 18, 2012 08:22PM
“You don't tell the story of her own background, so we are unable to understand the conditions that led to her incapacity to cope. This is how suicide…”
About: A Sad Parallel: Reflecting on the Suicide of Mary Kennedy
May 18, 2012 08:04PM
“If I told you how much I wanted Obama to pursue these miserable thugs you wouldn't believe it. The United States was ruled by con men in more than one…”
About: Bush torture team found guilty
May 18, 2012 07:49PM
“Amy: Someday I wanna just cuddle up to u and let u know how much ah appreciate yr fervor, sweetheart.”
About: A Symbolic Marriage
May 18, 2012 07:44PM
“David: Here on OS you are free to enter back into the discussion you began at any time.”
About: A Symbolic Marriage
May 18, 2012 05:20PM
“Amy go back to your cage. You aren't close to understanding what I'm saying. I want Obama re-elected for many reasons, this isn't the only one. You…”
About: A Symbolic Marriage
May 18, 2012 05:11PM
“I agree, but that isn't the problem. The problem is the extent to which it will motivate the social conservatives iffy about Romney, and give the fund…”
About: Killing Traditional Marriage
May 18, 2012 04:57PM
“To tell you the truth, I find such cynical disloyalty pathetic, and it underscores what I've been saying elsewhere. Backing same sex marriage was the…”
About: A Symbolic Marriage
May 18, 2012 04:51PM
“I think it was a terrible, drastic mistake on his part and your post is a perfect example. While it will undoubtedly galvinize his opposition, the res…”
About: A Symbolic Marriage
May 18, 2012 04:37PM
“she hasn't answered the last three or four of my pm's--maybe more--and there used to be a "sense" of communication. maybe texas for the rode…”
About: Solving the Open Salon Editor Disappearance
May 18, 2012 03:35PM
“Sirenita: There 's nothing more beautiful than art when it's fullfilling it's most basic and fundamental purpose, and poetry after all is the earliest an…”
About: The Reluctant Poet
May 17, 2012 07:18PM
“Same sex marriage is a confirmation of the institution of marriage. It protects the interests of the majority by providing the minority the rights, pr…”
About: Killing Traditional Marriage
May 17, 2012 04:49PM
“Ted: I think I'm more of a pessimist than you are. Obama had the gay vote without this. "Gay Republican" remains a contradiction in terms, b…”
About: Vulture Capitalism Is About "Values?"
May 17, 2012 01:26PM
“Well said. This is why I think it is such an anomaly when someone who is even competent is elected to the presidency. When you got the bucks, you run t…”
About: Vulture Capitalism Is About "Values?"
May 17, 2012 12:58PM
“What you're saying here too is that Greece doesn't have a hell of a lot to sell in the first place, unlike its Northern neighbors, or Italy, or Spain.…”
About: Why Greece Probably Won't Solve Its Issues Leaving Euro
May 16, 2012 02:49PM
“The reason this "depression" happened is that the lessons learned in the "great" depression were forgotten due to special interests…”
About: What have we learned from the Great Recession
May 15, 2012 03:58PM
“I think it's typical of an ignorant electorate led on by parties and institutions that prey upon their fears and insecurites. Or: par for the course i…”
About: Has Obama tipped the scales towards gay marriage in Europe?
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