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Dear Mr. President—
We need to talk about the Moon.
Aug 5
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Michael Gerber
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July 2026
In the age of AI, why write at all?
I hear the Chinese have just introduced Benchleybot 1.0
Jul 20
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Michael Gerber
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Mitch? That yew, beoy?
Another angle entirely
Jul 15
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Michael Gerber
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Our All-Time Extremest 250th Poem, Yeah!
A semiquincentennial poem by Quentin Hardy.
Jul 7
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Michael Gerber
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Red Card, Washington
Bob Eckstein blows the whistle on the nation’s capital.
Jul 6
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Michael Gerber
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June 2026
What to Get Trump on His Birthday
BY MARTIN SKLADANY • What do you get for the man who, thanks to the world’s oligarchs and a loose reading of the Constitution, already has everything?
Jun 12
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Michael Gerber
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May 2026
Why I'm Writing This
Forget T.S. Eliot's coffee spoons, I measure in squares of TOILET PAPER
Published on How I Got Well
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May 26
Extracts from my recent testimony
Think I handled myself pretty well.
May 15
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Michael Gerber
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Friday Office Hours, now on our Patreon!
Human contact, the winner and still champion of all experiences
May 9
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Michael Gerber
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Calling Dr. Bolivar!
When I get depressed, there's only one thing for it: Cuban cigars.
May 7
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Michael Gerber
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How I'd publish Tune In, Volumes II and III
Completely unsolicited and probably wrong publishing advice to Beatles author Mark Lewisohn from my Beatles blog, Hey Dullblog.
May 7
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Michael Gerber
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This year’s Pulitzers piss me off
But not for the usual reason!
May 5
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Michael Gerber
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