MY PERSPECTIVE ON ICE, MINNESOTA & SELECTIVE OUTRAGE
As many of you probably already know, I’m a 68-year-old (almost) American who grew up in Chebanse, Illinois. I know that, to some people, that alone is enough to dismiss anything I have to…
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY SQUARES
The large-screen television was already on, waiting for the game to start, when Willy and his wife, Randi, arrived at the party. Once, this day had meant something — a major event, people milling…
Newsletter 59 – TRUCKIN’ & GOLFIN
Charlie Quicksilver was an over-the-road truck driver, a job he dearly enjoyed. He traveled the country for a living and, over the years, had been to every state, made friends everywhere, and seen just…
THE MOST EXPENSIVE SHOW ON EARTH
A Super Bowl Meditation o, I wrote to the NFL to see about advertising the books I authored during the Super Bowl. Thirty seconds would cost $7 million, I was told. That’s…
VENEZUELA’S COLLAPSE – WHAT IT WARNS AMERICA TODAY
Before we get distracted by the latest headline, America needs to confront a story far more consequential than most: the near-total collapse of Venezuela’s democratic and economic order, a collapse that unfolded over a…
Newsletter 58 – Greenland & RIP Bobby Weir
In March of 2025, I wrote about the experience of seeing Dead & Company at the Sphere in…
PROLOGUE TO “THE UNFORGIVEN”
The semi-trailer lay on its side, my trailer twisted like a broken spine, a pickup truck crushed beneath thirty thousand pounds of freight. Steam hissed from the engine block; something groaned. Glass littered the…
When History Repeats Itself
It’s Usually Because We Refuse to Learn 1. Economic Crises: Government Fueling the Fire The Great Depression (1929) and the 2008 Financial Crisis are often blamed on “market failure,” but a closer…
NOTE TO EUROPE: Your Symbolic Deployment Has Been Duly Ignored
I first became aware that President Trump wanted to acquire, or annex, Greenland sometime in 2024. As it turns out, this wasn’t a new idea by the president. Trump first raised it publicly during…
