The Writing of Joe Broadmeadow

Once again this country is subjected to a dramatic incident of violence. In the rush to be first, the media outlets broadcast a constantly changing cacophony of half-truths and rumors. Compounding the problem are the bloggers and reporter wannabes in…

The threat of terrorist attacks in this country is growing. Evidence that organized, well-armed, well-equipped groups have infiltrated America, bent on imposing their violent interpretation of their faith on the rest of the world, is right in front of our…

When did we become so afraid? A country born in revolution, tested by a civil war, and bloodied on the battlefields of the Ardennes, Bastogne, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Chosin Reservoir, Hue, Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. When did this country, blended of…

As I predicted in an earlier piece, (https://joebroadmeadowblog.com/2015/11/14/roots-of-evil/), France has responded in kind to the attacks in Paris. They’ve launched a two-pronged assault, using Law Enforcement to arrest and seize terrorists within their borders and using the might of their…

The recent attacks in Paris have triggered the usual expressions of sympathy which inevitably give way to calls for visiting great harm upon those who perpetrate these acts. The sympathetic responses are, for the most part, sincere yet tempered by…

This is from a series of short stories I am working on. Posted here for your reading pleasure and review.  All comments welcome. My cell rang. I didn’t recognize the number. Thought about ignoring it, then decided to give the telemarketer some…

A person of color was killed the other day. Thirty years old, shot and killed for being the wrong color. The media coverage, non-existent. The attention span of this country to this problem apparently exhausted. We are more inclined to…

“There’s a sucker born every minute…” This phrase, popularly attributed to P.T Barnum, was most likely spoken by David Hannum, in criticism of both P. T. Barnum and those that patronized Barnum’s shows. No matter who said it, there is a great…

To borrow a line from Paul Simon’s song, Kodachrome; When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school It’s a wonder I can think at all… Although much of the “Lie” I write about began in…