March 20, 2008 - Benjamin Wagner

Coming Home

By Benjamin | March 20, 2008 |

So it’s been five years, or 1825 days, or 43,800 hours, or — in terms the average American can better understand — roughly enough time to watch 87,600 episodes of “Friends.” The War In Iraq — the one intended to depose Al Queda-supporting (oops!), weapons of mass destruction-toting (oops!) dictator Saddam Hussein — has cost…

Dear Mister Rogers

By Benjamin | March 20, 2008 |

Dear Mister Rogers, My memory isn’t the best, but one moment I’ll never forget is meeting you. It was September 4, 2001. I’d arrived on Nantucket just a few hours prior. I remember going for a run, then swimming in the bay at sunset. By the time you walked over from The Crooked House, there…