The Writing of Joe Broadmeadow

A satirical op-ed on America’s civic blackout during the Trump years and the hard work of waking up from it.

(A satirical piece with no connection to any current events (just so everyone is clear on this, in particular, the Department of (IN)Justice, the FBI, Homeland Security (which sounds like an artifact from 1940s Germany), and any other institution so…

In a Galaxy far, far away, decades from now… Having (some time in the far future) left this mortal coil, someone will have to select a picture for the obit. Imagine what would happen if you could look back… They…

Where’s the Intelligence in Intelligent Design? Since the first human watched something beloved die and asked, “Why?” the question of suffering has haunted theology, philosophy, and literature. Put precisely: if an intelligence engineered consciousness, complexity, and the laws of nature,…

If Christianity were the product of a single divine voice, it wouldn’t look like this. It would not produce tens of thousands of denominations, each claiming to possess the “true” interpretation of the same book. It would not splinter into…

A little experiment here. One story, told from two different points of view. Put yourself in their place as you read the tale. The Last Flight of Apis The silk found me somewhere between the lavender and home. I did…

The problem with living forever isn’t boredom. It’s that the self which survived the process would no longer be you. A philosophical essay on immortality, identity, and why authorship may be the only kind of eternity worth wanting.

There is a thought experiment, older than philosophy itself, I offer for your consideration. It does not require a laboratory or a text. It requires only that you open your eyes, truly open them, and hold what you see against…

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By Joe Broadmeadow Pope Leo XIV was returning from Turkey and Lebanon last December when a reporter asked him about interfaith coexistence. The Pope said Lebanon demonstrates that Islam and Christianity “are both present and are respected” and that there…