Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show

There's a reason why there are traditions. They are, in point of fact, solutions to problems that have been long forgotten. And as the good book says, do not remove the boundary stone which your forefathers set...

Since 1947, the  Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have been telling us how much time we have as a  species by annual showing us a clock face with the hands approaching midnight.  This is used to symbolize the idea that we are almost about to doom ourselves  for a variety of reasons ranging from hydrogen bombs to Vladimir Putin. No... I  am not kidding. The thing is that &nbsp...

Some months back a  caller asked me what I thought was the "worst" Constitutional Amendment. He postulated that it was the 17th, which moved the election of US Senators from the State Legislature to the popular vote of a given State. Look, from a  purely strict constructionist viewpoint - which by the by - NOBODY  holds - every amendment from the progressive era has been "devastatin...

The  good news is that Kshama Sawant will not be on the Seattle City Council anymore.  The bad news is she has a plan to infect the nation with her CHAZ/CHOP Socialism. Free speech is free speech, folks. If you need or feel compelled to use the power of law and government to force other people to think and say what you  approve, then YOU are the tyrant. Period.

On January 20,  1942, more than a dozen high ranking officials of the Nazi Party and German government met over lunch in a villa outside Berlin. What they did around that  table, over rich expensive foods and fine wines as their Army starved and froze in Stalingrad, reverberates today. It is understood that mans inhumanity to his fellow man is too common. But at this lunch meeting, that...

When pressed as  to why there wasn't a Bill of rights contained in the proposed Constitution,  James Madison had explained that if was believed that it would confuse the  people into believing that the Bill was the limit of their rights, that no other  rights existed. Over the years, I  have come to question whether or not he truly believed that or was just being...  ...

For whatever it's worth, I have friends who have been caught DUI. I don't love or respect them any less for that. But for the life of me, the idea that in 2023 we are still not only having DUI's but people are still being hurt by them is beyond my comprehension. Simply put, there is NO ONE , not one single person with a drivers license, who does not know that you should not drink and drive. The qu...

Before the middle of the 19th century, the most famous American in the world was Benjamin Franklin. He was - as most people know - a scientist, an inventor, a printer, a writer, a socialite, a diplomat, a fashion icon and a humorist. Today we celebrate his birthday, with some of the things that you might not know about the man who some call "the First American..."

The subject of gas  lighting has become the topic du jour among chat shows these days. Mostly because the so-called leaders of the nation decided to float a trial balloon. Of course, the real problem is our worship of celebrity and powerful characters who don't just expect our worship, they absolutely demand it. In the meantime, you will be happy to know that the Presidents Corvette is safe a...

Back in 2014,  Kevin fox and I had an interview with a guy who was talking about the coming  California ark storm. At the time it seemed surreal and hard to imagine such a  thing ever happening. Today though... that storm is not just here, but it's  causing all the chaos that was predicted long ago. Seattle City  schools is suing social media. All of it. why? Because, the...

In many ways, the United States always resembled republican Rome. By the last half of the first century bce, the republic was teetering on the edge. Corrupt politics, mounting debt to fund foreign wars, societal  breakdowns that left long held traditional values in disrespect and disregard  left the every day Roman wondering if the world had gone completely mad? As we look around our nat...

Dave is rather ill this morning.  It goes back to yesterdays episode of WTF, but the bottom line is that he will  only get through two of a planned three segments today. Still, it's time for the WA State  Legislative Democrats to FAFO!

Way back in 1972,  Ricky Nelson, a superstar of 50's and 60s music, played a gig at Madison Square  Gardens in New York. A weird thing happened that night. Despite the attendance  of other musical stars and celebrities, the crowd was... well... not impressed  with the set list Ricky had prepared for the evening. The basically booed him  off the stage. A few weeks later, &n...

CONSTITUTION THURSDAY In ancient Greek  legend, Theseus was a brave man who travels to the island of Crete, where he  defeats the Minotaur. In a legendary battle, Theseus saves the children of his  King, destroys the evil beast, and returns to his father aboard a the same ship  in which he had left for Crete. He forgets to change the sail from black to  white, and thus eve...

It's only the morning of the 4th day  of the year and already chaos is reigning. From the Monday Night Football scare,  to the Congressional Speaker of the House election that wasn't, we see a lot of  stuff happening in the nation. Including the return of the Praying Bremerton  High School football coach. Or... not?

George Santos is the most  infamous man in America today. In case you've been under a rock, he was just elected to Congress, but... it turns out that HE LIED ON HIS CV! In more than  two centuries of congressional candidates running to serve the nation out of a  sense of duty and honor, this has NEVER EVER , happened  before! Right?

2023 has kicked off, but is it really something to be all that happy about?

NOTE: The dental procedures have begun, and as George S Patton once said, no plan survives first contact with the enemy. In literally the first minute, the decision was made to change directions and try something else first. Already the planned procedures have changed. So literally I have no idea what will happen next or when, except that it will not be before February of 2023. Thank you for the e...

It's a cold snowy  day up here in the Pacific Northwest. Grab a cup of coffee and let's spend it  talking history! Some months ago we had a caller to BML complaining that "only three or four guys actually did anything" with regard to the Revolution and the Constitution. It's a common  misconception, but why we think that way is a bigger question. Is it simply  ignorance, or is...

Our family  continues to be grateful for the support in prayer and thoughts from so many this difficult year. Out of necessity -  at first - and then from her amazing, resilient spirit Dede was the heart of our  family. And I am certain,  she would want us to continue to grab the hat. And life

I was watching some Television over the weekend when I came to a realization that for some reason, had never completely struck me before. As you know, I love me some history, and the program I was watching dealt with one of the most evil figures in history, involved in one of the darkest moments in history. But what struck me wasn’t how terribly monstrous this fellow had been (he’s dead now). It w...

One week after the assassination  of President Kennedy, now President Lyndon Johnson issued an executive Order  which formed the President's Commission on the Assassination of President  Kennedy. It would carry the nickname "the Warren Commission," and it would  become the national focal point for national distrust of government reports. Given that the entire purpose of  t...

November 22nd, 1963, was a seminal day in American history. Every American alive that day can tell you about their own experience of it, and even those born long after can – and do – discuss and debate it. For myself, November 22nd represented a trajectory change in my own future and passions. The day led directly to my own career behind a microphone, which continues to this day. for others it rep...

By the middle of November, speeches were being made and response were being written. James Wilson’s speech in Pennsylvania had caused a great stir, and Cato’s letter was still starting debates in New York. But not everybody was in agreement with Cato’s concerns. As we have seen Cæsar was rather snarky in his idea that Cato should just shut up and go along with the Constitution, lest the “ American...

Back in August when we left the story, the US Navy had just suffered its worst ever blue water defeat. More than a thousand Allied sailors were dead. Four Heavy Cruisers had been lost, with a fifth disabled. The Navy, along with the American public, had been stunned by the loss, less than a year after the disaster at Pearl Harbor. Just three months later, on the night of November 13/14, 1942, the...