Author: Ben Raskin
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How to Defeat Spencer Cox in 2020
Spencer Cox should win the 2020 Utah gubernatorial election by over 60% of the vote. He’s a lock. Probably the surest bet in politics next year. Lt. Cox is funny, passionate, intelligent, clever on social media, bald as a cue ball and from the middle part of the state. He’s loyally served Gary Herbert and…
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I Heart Ramsay Bolton
Social media is rough on Monday mornings. Especially if you didn’t watched Game of thrones. I catch bits and pieces of the show scrolling through Twitter. Fortunately, I don’t know many of the characters’ names or the names of the various locations, so not much is ruined. Game of Thrones is an excellent show. Very…
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Frequently Answered Questions at Keys On Main
Last Wednesday was slow at the club. There was approximately 20 people in the room watching the dueling piano show. Unfortunate. Not because we didn’t sell a lot but because the show was really good. I usually don’t watch the show. More often than not, I’m too busy to enjoy the pianos. I hear the…
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Five Days in CDMX
It’s not a beach resort. Or a place where whistles are blown and tequila is violently poured into your mouth. There aren’t packs of college students from some Big 10 or SEC college on spring break. It’s Mexico City, North America’s largest capital, and the cultural, political and spiritual hub of the Mexican people. I…
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Remembering W. Paul Wharton
Paul Wharton passed away last night. He was not my uncle. He was my friend. And he would have been the first to say it. Like many of his generation, casual genealogy entered every encounter. Paul would say something to the effect that “Ben is my great niece Erin’s husband and Patsy’s son-in-law, but we…
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