Benedict CosgroveTrump Attacks What He Can’t Understand: Courage, Decency, Service, SacrificeFor autocratic goons like Donald Trump, men and women of principle are not people to admire. They’re punch lines, chumps, enemies.Jun 11, 20201Jun 11, 20201
Benedict CosgroveThe Consolations of Bleak Poetry When Nature Turns Against UsAs 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, 2020May 14, 2020
Benedict CosgroveinThe Haven21 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, 20171May 24, 20171
Benedict CosgroveinThe AwlArbor Day Is The Only Holiday That Matters. Period.Almost all other holidays are about the past. Arbor Day is about the future.May 1, 20171May 1, 20171
Benedict CosgroveinThe AwlThe 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, 2017Apr 25, 2017
Benedict CosgroveinThe AwlNone Of Us Will Change Our Minds About Trump Or Any Other Fucking ThingThe human mind is capable of tremendous distortions, all in the service of our own personal motivations.Mar 24, 20174Mar 24, 20174
Benedict CosgroveinThe AwlAmerican Folk Remedies for the Post-Obamacare AgeLet the healing begin, patriots!Feb 28, 20171Feb 28, 20171
Benedict CosgroveinThe AwlForget ‘1984’ — Today, Orwell’s Essays Matter MoreRegardless of how prescient Orwell’s novels might seem, his powerful, tightly argued essays remain far more relevant today than his fiction…Feb 17, 20173Feb 17, 20173