“When you come to the fork in the road, take it.” Yogi Berra (sort of) America faces the most challenging crisis since the Civil War. Our government of checks and balances is now woefully unbalanced, controlled by those with checks…

Okay, class, we are going to start the day with a pop quiz. Simple two question test on current affairs. Ready? Who WAS Alejandro Carranza? Who IS Juan Orlando Hernández? Come on, now. This should be easy. Okay, times up.…

If you were to ask most Americans to name the longest war we have ever fought, they would say the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. They would be wrong by a factor of three. This one is still ongoing. The…

Coming up on the twelve-year-cycle I wrote about here, https://joebroadmeadowblog.com/2019/01/24/an-american-twelve-year-memory-loss/, I wonder what 2028 will offer us? The last time I wrote about this, 2016, we had just elected Trump to his first term. Somehow we survived, chose not to…

We live in a time of chaos with a President whose behavior mirrors that of a petulant child rather than a statesman. The Oval Office, once a symbol of dignity and deliberation, becomes a stage for tantrums, impulsive decisions, and…

In one of the better examples of how failing to understand history can lead to repeating the same mistakes, we have this. 1960 The Catholics are Coming; The Catholics are Coming. 2025: The Muslims are Coming; the Muslims are Coming…

By most estimates (except, of course, by those who routinely produce attendance numbers of the crowds at MAGA Events that are beyond believable), seven million Americans took to the streets all across the country to protest the abomination that is…

Back in November, I wrote this piece asking for someone, anyone to explain the Trump standing in the polls. https://atomic-temporary-37778625.wpcomstaging.com/2023/11/25/in-a-cool-calm-cogent-manner/ I simply wanted someone to explain why Trump remained popular and the reasons Americans would or should support him. I…

But I know a place where we can goThat’s still untouched by menWe’ll sit and watch the clouds roll byAnd the tall grass waves in the windYou can lay your head back on the groundAnd let your hair fall all…

The events of the last few months—the classified document hoard recovered by search warrant at Mar-E-Lunacy, the indictment (indicatament) from NYC decades in the making if one knows anything of history, and the more than likely upcoming indictments of a…