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?10 min read·Dec 6, 2023----
Kirk SwearingenThe Baffling Arrogance of the Republican PartyEven if you want to dismantle our democracy, do you want to look this inept?7 min read·Oct 11, 2023--6--6
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…17 min read·Sep 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.6 min read·Aug 26, 2023--17--17
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…9 min read·Aug 10, 2023--1--1
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 woke6 min read·Jul 30, 2023--2--2
Kirk SwearingenGrifting on Our FutureStudent loans are predatory capitalism at its most shamefully short-sighted6 min read·Jul 27, 2023--1--1
Kirk SwearingenMidwestern PrideSome thoughts while attending the Pride Parade in the home city of (uh-oh!) Bud Light6 min read·Jul 4, 2023--12--12
Kirk SwearingeninPolitically SpeakingThinking of Jimmy Carter — and What Came NextIn a world full of Ronald Reagans (and worse), be a Jimmy Carter8 min read·Mar 5, 2023--5--5
Kirk SwearingeninPolitically SpeakingDealing with the ‘Thinkability’ of DisasterWork-life balance? Facing climate change, gun violence, and the idiocy of House Republicans, we need a workable disaster-life balance11 min read·Feb 11, 2023--3--3