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I usually write a blog post about once a week. The latest post can be viewed here: The Babylon Bee: Visit the Babylon Bee web site. You won't regret it! (posted 2025-11-26 at 13:01:52). I do podcasts too!. You can listen to my latest podcast, here: OJB's Podcast 2025-11-06 Democracy v Bureaucracy: It's not left versus right which I am complaining about: it is bureaucracy versus democracy!.