The Writing of Joe Broadmeadow

By engaging in basic research into the history of U.S. interventionist strategies in Iran and elsewhere, one can develop a fairly realistic, high-potential scenario of the likely results of our latest intervention. One doesn’t have to sit in the Cabinet…

I wrote this piece back in 2017 during the first Trump term. Since then, Eisenhower’s words have become even more prescient. We need to seriously consider just how close to fruition these warnings from a man who understood the nature…

After I retired from the police department and finished my professional career in other areas, I went to work for Southwest Airlines. The philosophy, daily practice, and purpose of the airline was to make flying fun (and safe) for the…

The United States and Israel are winning a war they know how to fight—and drifting into one they don’t. Jets fly unchallenged, targets burn, and officials speak confidently about degraded capabilities. Yet beneath the spectacle of military success lies a…

Would it be too much to ask that we have a President who can write at a minimum of third grade level when corresponding with heads of other nations? This is a “letter” transmitted through diplomatic channels to the Prime…

Some people treat falling as evidence of an underlying, worrisome, medical condition. I have refined it to an art form. Those of us who have crossed the threshold of a certain age are now asked, as a part of one’s…

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of Charles L. “Sonny” Burton to life in prison without the possibility of parole, citing the disproportionate punishment Burton faced compared to the man who pulled the trigger. She also made a…

Five questions for those who support Mr. Trump, his policies, and his pronouncements. And before anyone says, ‘Yeah but there were people convicted of voter fraud’ The numbers contradict the significance (500 between 2016-2024. I guess if you win there…

SAVE America Act! (Save Us from What?) The latest meme from the President regarding the Save America Act  (H.R. 7296) lists several purposes that are contained in the act and two items tossed in as teasers for his devotees. Let’s…

I think it is a safe bet to say the Nobel Peace Prize is off the table. These are men of their word. They say words, they just don’t practice them. “If you want the most unhinged member of the…