Zen Ben the Elder
@ben-boyce.bsky.social
✓ Evolutionary change agent
✓ Practitioner of Stoic wisdom training
✓ Vatican II Catholic
✓ DSA member
✓ Political print commentator
✓ Broadcaster at KSVY radio
✓ Married for 35 years with one cat, no kids
✓ Practitioner of Stoic wisdom training
✓ Vatican II Catholic
✓ DSA member
✓ Political print commentator
✓ Broadcaster at KSVY radio
✓ Married for 35 years with one cat, no kids
Stoic Training 2-14-26
February 15, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Stoic Training 2-14-26
Hasan Piker preaches the gospel of solidarity as the antidote to despair
the closest expression to love I’ve ever felt
YouTube video by HasanAbi
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February 14, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Hasan Piker preaches the gospel of solidarity as the antidote to despair
Stoic Training 2-10-26
February 11, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Stoic Training 2-10-26
Stoic Training 2-8-26
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Stoic Training 2-8-26
Hey, liberals. Here's a perfect example of a bi-partisan initiative by the ranking progressive in the Senate.
Trump's proposed 10% cap on credit card interest gets a strong second from Bernie.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Trump's proposed 10% cap on credit card interest gets a strong second from Bernie.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
When big banks charge 24% or 30% interest on credit cards, they are not engaged in the business of "making credit available." They are involved in extortion and loan sharking.
Yes, we need to cap credit card interest rates at 10% and stop Wall Street from ripping off Americans.
Yes, we need to cap credit card interest rates at 10% and stop Wall Street from ripping off Americans.
SEN BERNIE SANDERS: We need to cap credit card interest rates at 10%, Trump is right
Senator Bernie Sanders calls Wall Street credit card practices "usury" as major banks profit from 24% average rates while borrowing at 4% from Fed.
www.foxnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Hey, liberals. Here's a perfect example of a bi-partisan initiative by the ranking progressive in the Senate.
Trump's proposed 10% cap on credit card interest gets a strong second from Bernie.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Trump's proposed 10% cap on credit card interest gets a strong second from Bernie.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Stoic Training 2-6-26
February 7, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Stoic Training 2-6-26
Stoic training 1-31-26
February 1, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Stoic training 1-31-26
Stoic Training 1-25-26
The virtues of a daily exercise regimen
The virtues of a daily exercise regimen
January 25, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Stoic Training 1-25-26
The virtues of a daily exercise regimen
The virtues of a daily exercise regimen
KSVY Deconstructing Media 1-21-26
'The Democratic Party must not fund the budget until ICE is reigned in'
Reading from The Nation magazine
Hasan Piker on Twitch 'The Democrats have forgotten how to fight'
'Domestic terrorist?' The Majority Report
'An authoritarian moment' Bernie Sanders
'The Democratic Party must not fund the budget until ICE is reigned in'
Reading from The Nation magazine
Hasan Piker on Twitch 'The Democrats have forgotten how to fight'
'Domestic terrorist?' The Majority Report
'An authoritarian moment' Bernie Sanders
January 22, 2026 at 8:18 PM
KSVY Deconstructing Media 1-21-26
'The Democratic Party must not fund the budget until ICE is reigned in'
Reading from The Nation magazine
Hasan Piker on Twitch 'The Democrats have forgotten how to fight'
'Domestic terrorist?' The Majority Report
'An authoritarian moment' Bernie Sanders
'The Democratic Party must not fund the budget until ICE is reigned in'
Reading from The Nation magazine
Hasan Piker on Twitch 'The Democrats have forgotten how to fight'
'Domestic terrorist?' The Majority Report
'An authoritarian moment' Bernie Sanders
Stoic Training 1-20-26
January 21, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Stoic Training 1-20-26
Stoic Training 1-19-26
January 20, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Stoic Training 1-19-26
Stoic Training 1-16-26
January 16, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Stoic Training 1-16-26
Tell 'em, Bernie!
January 15, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Tell 'em, Bernie!
Stoic Training 1-15-26
January 15, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Stoic Training 1-15-26
KSVY FM Deconstructing Media 1-14-26 W 2-3 PM
State of Play Today
'The Democratic Party must evolve or die'
New York Times Michelle Goldberg 'What the death of Renee Good says'
Left Reckoning video, 'Chuck Schumer must resign'
Tad Stoermer
'What will we do when US abuse of power goes global?'
State of Play Today
'The Democratic Party must evolve or die'
New York Times Michelle Goldberg 'What the death of Renee Good says'
Left Reckoning video, 'Chuck Schumer must resign'
Tad Stoermer
'What will we do when US abuse of power goes global?'
January 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
KSVY FM Deconstructing Media 1-14-26 W 2-3 PM
State of Play Today
'The Democratic Party must evolve or die'
New York Times Michelle Goldberg 'What the death of Renee Good says'
Left Reckoning video, 'Chuck Schumer must resign'
Tad Stoermer
'What will we do when US abuse of power goes global?'
State of Play Today
'The Democratic Party must evolve or die'
New York Times Michelle Goldberg 'What the death of Renee Good says'
Left Reckoning video, 'Chuck Schumer must resign'
Tad Stoermer
'What will we do when US abuse of power goes global?'
Stoic daily training 12-29-25
December 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Stoic daily training 12-29-25
Stoic wisdom daily lesson
December 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Stoic wisdom daily lesson
Here's a great mind, Hannah Arendt, explain how toxic an environment awash in lies undermines personal morality.
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Here's a great mind, Hannah Arendt, explain how toxic an environment awash in lies undermines personal morality.
Here's a handy compendium of bad faith rhetorical gambits.
December 23, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Here's a handy compendium of bad faith rhetorical gambits.
Stoic training 12-22-25
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Stoic training 12-22-25
Stoic wisdom for the day 12-18-25
December 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Stoic wisdom for the day 12-18-25
KSVY Deconstructing Media W 2-3 PM 91.3 FM 12-17-25
The State of Play Today
'The national moral panic'
✓ Reading from Jacobin magazine of the article 'Politics is Something We Do' by Eric Blanc and Bhaskar Sunkara
✓ Jacobin YT 'How the Right lost its mind' Paul Heideman
✓ 'Trump beat business'
The State of Play Today
'The national moral panic'
✓ Reading from Jacobin magazine of the article 'Politics is Something We Do' by Eric Blanc and Bhaskar Sunkara
✓ Jacobin YT 'How the Right lost its mind' Paul Heideman
✓ 'Trump beat business'
December 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
KSVY Deconstructing Media W 2-3 PM 91.3 FM 12-17-25
The State of Play Today
'The national moral panic'
✓ Reading from Jacobin magazine of the article 'Politics is Something We Do' by Eric Blanc and Bhaskar Sunkara
✓ Jacobin YT 'How the Right lost its mind' Paul Heideman
✓ 'Trump beat business'
The State of Play Today
'The national moral panic'
✓ Reading from Jacobin magazine of the article 'Politics is Something We Do' by Eric Blanc and Bhaskar Sunkara
✓ Jacobin YT 'How the Right lost its mind' Paul Heideman
✓ 'Trump beat business'
Stoic wisdom 12-8-25
December 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Stoic wisdom 12-8-25
Stoic training 12-6-25
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Stoic training 12-6-25
KSVY Deconstructing Media 12-3-25
✓ The Nation 'Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis' by Marc Frank
✓ Democracy Now
'The anti-Maduro campaign is part of a broader plan to remake the entire region'
✓ Democracy Now
'How Mamdani plans to implement his progressive vision'
✓ The Nation 'Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis' by Marc Frank
✓ Democracy Now
'The anti-Maduro campaign is part of a broader plan to remake the entire region'
✓ Democracy Now
'How Mamdani plans to implement his progressive vision'
December 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
KSVY Deconstructing Media 12-3-25
✓ The Nation 'Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis' by Marc Frank
✓ Democracy Now
'The anti-Maduro campaign is part of a broader plan to remake the entire region'
✓ Democracy Now
'How Mamdani plans to implement his progressive vision'
✓ The Nation 'Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis' by Marc Frank
✓ Democracy Now
'The anti-Maduro campaign is part of a broader plan to remake the entire region'
✓ Democracy Now
'How Mamdani plans to implement his progressive vision'