Kirk SwearingenWe need honest role models, not hateful MAGA menTrump and his hyper-macho followers lie about nearly everything — including what it means to be a manSep 25Sep 25
Kirk SwearingenWhy Are We So Bad at Supporting Child Care?America’s “lacking care” culture hurts both parents and our economyJun 21Jun 21
Kirk SwearingenCould a Reporter’s Detention Make the WSJ Rethink Anything?When it’s this personal, will the Wall Street Journal editorial board keep supporting the ways of authoritarians?Dec 6, 20231Dec 6, 20231
Kirk SwearingenThe Baffling Arrogance of the Republican PartyEven if you want to dismantle our democracy, do you want to look this inept?Oct 11, 20236Oct 11, 20236
Kirk SwearingeninThe RiffRevisiting the Songs of the Prince of Flower PowerIn this era of dread and anxiety, as we resist the anti-intellectual forces of the far-right, might we turn back to a spirit guide from the…Sep 17, 2023Sep 17, 2023
Kirk SwearingenRon DeSantis’s MasterClass on AutocracyThe governor’s “anti-woke” campaign in Florida just keeps getting less enlightened. But, yeah, that’s the point.Aug 26, 202317Aug 26, 202317
Kirk SwearingenDid Trump’s Love of McDonald’s Help Fry Democracy?When the history of this antic and dangerous period in U.S. history is written, historians might do well to pick over the remains on this…Aug 10, 20231Aug 10, 20231
Kirk SwearingenA Lively Eisenhower Returns to the National StageA one-man play running Off-Broadway reintroduces us to a moderate Republican president who today’s right would consider far too wokeJul 30, 20232Jul 30, 20232
Kirk SwearingenGrifting on Our FutureStudent loans are predatory capitalism at its most shamefully short-sightedJul 27, 20231Jul 27, 20231
Kirk SwearingenMidwestern PrideSome thoughts while attending the Pride Parade in the home city of (uh-oh!) Bud LightJul 4, 202312Jul 4, 202312