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Benedict Cosgrove

Benedict Cosgrove

Trump Attacks What He Can’t Understand: Courage, Decency, Service, Sacrifice

For autocratic goons like Donald Trump, men and women of principle are not people to admire. They’re punch lines, chumps, enemies.

Jun 11, 2020

Trump Attacks What He Can’t Understand: Courage, Decency, Service, Sacrifice

Jun 11, 2020

Benedict Cosgrove

The Consolations of Bleak Poetry When Nature Turns Against Us

As COVID grinds on, works that cast a harsh light on our own mortality and our place in the natural world can offer unforeseen comfort.

May 14, 2020

The Consolations of Bleak Poetry When Nature Turns Against Us

May 14, 2020

Benedict Cosgrove
in
The Haven

21 Headlines for Articles I Might Write Someday

“‘Casablanca’ Is a Pretty Good Movie, and I Can Prove It,” and other potential ideas that may or may not come to anything.

May 24, 2017

21 Headlines for Articles I Might Write Someday

May 24, 2017

Benedict Cosgrove
in
The Awl

Arbor Day Is The Only Holiday That Matters. Period.

Almost all other holidays are about the past. Arbor Day is about the future.

May 1, 2017

Arbor Day Is The Only Holiday That Matters. Period.

May 1, 2017

Benedict Cosgrove
in
The Awl

The Signature Moment of Donald Trump’s First 100 Days

‘It’s not mine! Somebody gave me that shit, man! It was one of my friends! I’ll point him out to you!’

Apr 25, 2017

The Signature Moment of Donald Trump’s First 100 Days

Apr 25, 2017

Benedict Cosgrove
in
The Awl

None Of Us Will Change Our Minds About Trump Or Any Other Fucking Thing

The human mind is capable of tremendous distortions, all in the service of our own personal motivations.

Mar 24, 2017

None Of Us Will Change Our Minds About Trump Or Any Other Fucking Thing

Mar 24, 2017

Benedict Cosgrove
in
The Awl

American Folk Remedies for the Post-Obamacare Age

Let the healing begin, patriots!

Feb 28, 2017

American Folk Remedies for the Post-Obamacare Age

Feb 28, 2017

Benedict Cosgrove
in
The Awl

Forget ‘1984’ — Today, Orwell’s Essays Matter More

Regardless of how prescient Orwell’s novels might seem, his powerful, tightly argued essays remain far more relevant today than his fiction…

Feb 17, 2017

Forget ‘1984’ — Today, Orwell’s Essays Matter More

Feb 17, 2017

Benedict Cosgrove

Benedict Cosgrove

Writer and editor, online and off, for 3+ decades. Contributor to NY Times, Washington Post, TIME.com, Daily Beast + more. Visit: bdcwrites.com. @bdcgrove

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