The Dave Bowman Show

A television ad among a sea of television ads has Dave asking questions about why it is that the GOP seems utterly incapable of responding in any cogent way to the one issue that they had to know was coming...

On this sad day, the Rabbi and the Friar lament the departure of James Earl Jones, the very voice of Star Wars and King Jaffe Joffer. Meanwhile there was no military coup in west Taiwan on Friday, so why did so many people believe that there had been one? The answer is becoming increasingly a problem, as Social Media once against demonstrates its scary ability to put information - bad or good - ou...

As we’ve seen, Brutus is deeply concerned that the proposed Constitution will result in a government that extends its reach into every aspect of Americans lives. And not in a good way. We turn next to Brutus’ concerns about the judiciary. He will explain that it’s too complicated for a simple everyday man such as himself to completely grasp – because, he reminds us – lawyers make everything over c...

So... what exactly IS history? It's an important question, perhaps even more so than "Why study history?" Like so many thing, if we do not understand WHAT we are studying, how can we have any realistic idea of HOW to interpret it? Let's take a look at two recent events, a Supreme Court case, the firing of a high school football coach in Bremerton, WA. And the biggest "news story" in the country ri...

The whole Martha's Vineyard fiasco finally went there. The entire argument became "Who are the "true" Christians? Meanwhile, Meta, which used to be Facebook, is performing a silver platter service for the FBI. If you're going to cheat at chess, make it stimulating. And if you happen to be in SeaTac's North Park, you'll need a helmet!

A long time ago, my Dad sat at the kitchen table with me and a book. For me, books are the wellspring of inspiration and my sanctuary. And when I get stuck on trying to get a podcast ready, and I find myself stuck for an idea or a direction to go, it is to a book that I will turn to unblock my mind. I got stuck last week and I mentioned it on my website. After that a listener asked me what books a...

The issue is now out in the open for debate. For Brutus and the other Anti-Federalists, there are many examples, but only one real issue - how will the proposed Constitution do a better job of preserving and protecting liberty than the Articles of Confederation? On first glance, there really doesn't seem to be any way that it can...

We have - today - an almost scriptural reverence for the founding document of the United States government, the Constitution. To listen to most conservatives speak of the Framers is almost like going to church. They were, it seems, infallible. In fact, at least one painting in our own Capitol building portrays one Framer as being apotheosized. But this week in 1787, the true feelings were more tha...

The Goliards have come full circle. At long last, we once again have a King Charles (played by John Malkovich)! Like the last time (and the time before that) we had a King Chuck, it's time for Goliards everywhere to celebrate and sing boisterously while drinking like it's a symposium. It's a celebration of all things (not you, Ireland) English Monarchial system, no matter how silly it seems to us

It has been long established that the President has plenary powers when it comes to the foreign affairs of the nation. Wide latitude and power has been generally understood to be within the purview of the executive, as the Constitution is less than precise as to who exactly does what – other than advising and consenting on treaties. Like many things though, that was not always the case. For much o...

It was a confusing week... the messages that were being sent by the Supreme Leader were, at best, mixed and confusing. The bigger question is simply who exactly at whom was he talking? Because it didn't make much sense to the Good Friar or the Rabbi. Or anybody else, for that matter. Swatting is still a thing, and even if the interwebs are protected by the 1st Amendment, should the use of the inte...

This past week, the Podcast Movement, which isn't the entirety of podcasting by any means, decided to have it's annual conference at which they sold space to The Daily Wire, based upon their (the Daily Wires') "heavy involvement in podcasting." Then the PM decided to apologize to the world for it. The State of California has decided to go a step further an ban the sale of ALL internal combustion e...

Back in June of 2013, John and I managed to get both of our Fathers to visit the show, live in studio. We had a blast with them as they quickly showed that they were every bit as adept at radio chatter as we were. After yesterdays loss of my father, this is what I went back to listen to, not just to hear his voice again, but to remind myself of the joy my dad was in my life… In this hour we find D...

There are any number of people who are annoying. But in all of history, we learn that the all-time champion of being annoying was none other than the greatest philosophical mind ever known. That’s right… Socrates is hands down the winner of being the most annoying person to ever live. Why? In Socratic Debate, he would begin his discourses with what has become known as the “What Is Question.” For e...

In the summer of 1922, the Republican Party was in deep trouble. Tradition holds that all Presidents see their party lose seats in Congress during the mid-terms, but the Administration was facing the loss of seats to it's OWN party! While the republicans had trended to become more conservative, there was a significant segment of the party leaning full on into the progressive movement of the era. T...

The Rabbi and the soon to not be a Friar are back to complain about teenagers and alarm clocks, Tik Tok and pre-season NFL football. Plus they get into the latest developments in the Ukraine War, the Yellowstone National Park body count, why medieval Friars were some of the most disgusting people to ever live, and Alec Baldwin who needs to be careful about what he is shooting at! It's a brand new...

Eric and Dave are joined by Judd and Preacher Dave to talk about homemade submarines, tragic crimes involving submariners in New London, Soviet Submarines of the future and cell phones!

I have long held that the Anti-Federalist of 1788 is the ideological grandfather of today’s libertarian*. Many of the same issues of today find a distant echo in the complaints of the Anti-Federalists. In those distant echo’s of the past are many ideas and knowledge points which both the Federalist and Anti-Federalist not only knew, but understood. Many of the things that would have stood out to t...

The Rabbis tell us that some of the most important parts of the scriptures are the stories that we do not like. The tales of failures and embarrassing happenings that don't seem to fit the overall narrative of a loving G-d reaching out to his people. The stories of death and murder and assault and war and strife that often leave us wondering, "Why is this here?" At the end of the day, there are -...

Rabbi Dave is an a mood today. "Why?" the Good Friar Rod will ask? Because Dave had dreams that were smashed by his twelve year old son. Meanwhile there is a bigger question. Is it actually possible that some of our political "leaders" really are as stupid as they sound? Or is it all just an act, because, seriously, you would have to be a moron to actually believe some of the things that they are...

In 1967, Nichelle Nichols was not happy. She was holding the television role as Lt. Uhura on the sci-fi show, Star Trek, but her role was limited and didn't seem to have much chance of growing into anything that would mean stardom and fame. She had decided to quit and return to the stage. What she didn't understand was that she had already changed not just television, but America. A chance encount...

Over the past couple of days we have watched both sides use exactly the same language to describe their outrage/joy over the events at the former President's home. As usual, your opinion about it all it says more about you than it does about the actual issue at hand, but that said, it leads to another consideration: How do we "fix" whatever it is that is wrong. Or... can it even be fixed? I suppos...

By the time the sun rose over Guadalcanal on August 9, 1942, the US Navy was just beginning to come to terms with the tragedy that had occurred in the dark night before. Many Naval Historians consider the action of the night of August 8-9, 1942 to be the worst defeat ever suffered by the US Navy, including Pearl Harbor. Just two days before the Marines had landed on the island and seized the airst...

Rabbi Dave goes to a casino and actually wins! So why is he having an issue with it? Meanwhile the Good friar pushes Dave’s buttons when it comes to callers to Talk radio shows, which was supposed to be a rant about “being crazy for money” on the air. That’s Dave’s pet theory for how people like Hal Sutton and Alex Jones get millions of dollars from stupid people. If your nickname is “Redbeard,” y...

Eric and Dave talk about a really bad Ai written article on submarines, the tension over Taiwan, and a sober discussion of the coming storm... TheSubVet TheSubVet.com FaceBook Group For Daily Submarine News https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesubvet