Coming this fall from JEBWizard Publishing, a new book by Joe Broadmeadow with Pat Cortellessa Divine Providence: The Mayor, The Mob, and The Man in the Middle Here’s the excerpt. To be notified of updates, author appearances, and pre-release discounts…

Recently I wrote a piece about why I intend to vote for Joe Biden rather than against President Trump.  (https://joebroadmeadowblog.com/2020/08/21/why-joe-biden/) This sparked the usual round of responses both for and against. At one point, I was asked my opinion on…

“What is past is prologue,” William Shakespeare: ‘The Tempest’ (1611) act 2, sc. 1, l. [261] After I posted a recent piece (Link here), a friend reminded me of a book I’d read several years ago called Star Maker by…

“What do you say to Americans who are watching you right now who are scared?”Trump looked down and shook his head while this question was asked.“I think it’s a very nasty question. And I think it’s a very bad signal…

The prevailing trend to choose what one believes in the media is not just problematic, it is dangerous. According to some media outlets, there are two virulent plaques in America. The first is that the police are killing people in…

Guest columnist Nicholas Easton is a community activist, former member and President of the Providence City Council during the turbulent Cianci administration version 1, and Political Science Professor.  My recent book, The Political Machine Reexamined, for which I am still…

Read, and comment as I know you will, my guest post on a quite interesting blog by a retired Canadian RCMP Homicide detective turned brilliant author, Garry Rodgers via WHY AMERICA CAN’T EFFECTIVELY CONTROL GUNS — Dying Words

U.S. President Richard Nixon on November 3, 1969, said, “And so tonight—to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans—I ask for your support.” Nixon’s plea to this so-called ‘silent majority’ is similar to Mr. Trump’s pandering to his not-so-silent and decreasing…

Whenever I write something that challenges (or perhaps outright denies the validity of) religious beliefs, I am often reminded by one of my favorite teachers from years ago (apologies Mr. Walsh) of this quote from Hamlet by William Shakespeare (Act…

President Trump nominated Judge Neil M. Gorsuch for the Supreme Court. The rancor and rejection by those who oppose Trump now rises to a new level of vitriol. I place myself in the ranks of those who did not vote…