May 12, 2025 Photo by Anna Lowe on Pexels.com How would you feel about the VA treating your cancer with a horse drug? Or the IRS demanding you pay your taxes in Trump meme coin? Or maybe you'll visit a national park and find the rangers selling off the land to developers, while back at… Continue reading Uncivil service
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Truth, lies, and distortions
February 26, 2025 You've probably heard that the two men who are leading us into God knows what are planning to drop in on Ft. Knox to check on our gold reserves. I'm more worried about another precious asset: words, of which far too many have been twisted, corrupted, and weaponized. It's natural for meanings… Continue reading Truth, lies, and distortions
My life in the deep state
February 5, 2025 I recently learned of the passing of a colleague from my time at the Voice of America which, if you don't know, is a government-funded international broadcaster. It began with radio news in World War II and today appears all over the world on digital, TV, and radio platforms in nearly 50… Continue reading My life in the deep state
I confess!
January 26, 2023 Photo by Caleb Oquendo on Pexels.com REPORT OF INVESTIGATION SUBJECT: DAVID "DAVE" SWAN OFFENSE: (ALLEGED) POSSESSION OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS Basis of investigation Agent (redacted) received tip from neighbor that subject used to work for U.S. government, yet plays "un-American music"* on backyard deck and refused to buy MAGA Mints and Sedition Snaps… Continue reading I confess!
Hello, it’s me. Seriously.
Hi, this is Dave. It’s really me. No kidding. Honestly, I’m Dave. I’m the real deal, the true article, born smack in the middle of the Boom and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan (where the city motto is, “Nobody Knows What the Heck It Means Anymore, But Yeah, There’s Still a Kalamazoo”). I’m Dave, the guy… Continue reading Hello, it’s me. Seriously.
A bad spell of whether
It’s official. We’re in a national crisis. You don’t have to take my word for it. Plenty of more authoritative authorities than your Uncle Grumpy have exposed the shocking truth: the White House can’t spell. In Washington, you know you’re in trouble when two big stories about your problem surface like enemy submarines on the… Continue reading A bad spell of whether