The Writing of Joe Broadmeadow

The US is in a K-shaped economy. It is characterized by extreme growth in the high-end sector at the expense and detriment of the lower and medium wage sector. While many sing the praises of this administration’s economic policy (if…

But where are the clowns?Quick, send in the clownsDon’t bothеr, they’re herеStephen Sondheim “Send in the Clowns” I posted a photo the other day of the US Border Patrol emblem on the backs of rodeo clowns. It struck me as…

*From Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak If it is not clear to everyone now that this administration, and Mr. Trump, rival the Soviet Union when it comes to prevarication and suppression of the truth as policy it never will. What…

The Strangers Case Anyone who has not experienced the genius of Shakespeare knows not what they are missing. Here, in a speech from the unfinished play Sir Thomas More, Shakespeare again demonstrates his brilliance. On May 1, 1517 — now…

I have finally found the most apt appellation for our sitting (dozing, catatonic, somnambulistic) President. Persistent vegetative state seemed too crude, imprecise, and insulting to those in such a condition. I believe the President suffers from Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome. He…

“There’s a sucker born every minute.” Over the past seventy years or so, the general American public has been the unwitting victim of, and in some cases willing participant in, the largest fraud ever perpetrated. And the truly diabolical part…

Surprise History Quiz Okay, books away, grab a pen (actually, keyboard) and answer this question, What is the worst Holocaust in recorded history? Answer at the end of this column, but you’ll see it, or should, long before that. Okay,…

After a post on Social media, I received a number of negative responses (always entertaining) including one that wanted me to answer a few questions. Here is the series of topics and my response. 1. Border Policy Not sure what…

If one seeks to be fair in criticizing others, one must acknowledge when you agree with someone as quickly as you are to disagree. To act otherwise is contrary to the spirit of open debate. While I see little redeeming…

The fundamental basis of this push to insert God (the Christian version, of course) into American secular affairs is predicated on accepting the existence of this being. We must also go beyond just accepting existence and agree this being has…