Jan 11, 2021Some of you didn’t actually read 1984 in high school, and it shows…I’ve seen many people on social media comparing Twitter’s ban of Donald Trump to George Orwell’s 1984… and they have it completely backwards. Let me refresh. In the dystopian story of 1984, a totalitarian and repressive government took control of all messaging to the people in order to, among other…Trump4 min readTrump4 min read
Feb 23, 2018Guns and Abortion: Let’s Make a DealBy David Swan Someone once said that a successful negotiation is where both sides get screwed. I had a crazy thought and now I’m about to kick a hornets’ nest by proposing a legislative compromise between the two most hotly debated and emotionally divisive topics in America: Guns and Abortion…Gun Violence3 min readGun Violence3 min read
Dec 6, 2016Weddings are not real — but marriages are.Today is my eighth wedding anniversary. Like many married couples do on their anniversary, I started my day trying to find a good picture from our wedding to post on Facebook and then say something nice about my wife. But as I flipped through all the photos from our exceptionally…Marriage3 min readMarriage3 min read
Mar 23, 2016This Political Roller Coaster is Making America SickI love America and democracy like I love beer and fried chicken — but I hate what happens to America during election cycles. As someone who is politically “moderate,” election season is a particularly stressful and discouraging time. Candidates use emotionally charged issues to slice and dice Americans into measurable…Politics9 min readPolitics9 min read
Jan 29, 2016Veterans are not the Republican Party’s pawnsWe’ll, it’s me again… the guy that wrote the “Dear Muslims” letter that went viral last month after Donald Trump said some stupid crap about not letting any Muslims in the country and maintaining some kind of a list of every Muslim already in the country. Trump is back at it. He and a few other Republican candidates have pissed me off… again. This time it has to do with using Veteran support organizations as a tool to gain political points. Thankfully CNN has graciously given me a voice again. See the story, more importantly my interview with Brooke Baldwin on CNN, at http://30mikemike.com/veterans-are-not-republican-pawns/Politics1 min readPolitics1 min read
Nov 24, 2015My Neighbors are HomelessAnd I only just noticed it — Along my drive to work, which happens to take me through a relatively rough part of town, you will see a decent number of homeless people…or not…it sort of depends on whether or not you choose to see homeless people. We, the middle class of America, have become pretty damn…Homeless6 min readHomeless6 min read
Nov 19, 2015“So David, what should we do about ISIS?”“So David, what should we do about ISIS?” As a member of the US Military, a lot of people ask me my opinion on matters of foreign policy. Lately, the most common question is “What should we do about ISIS?” It’s a hard question. Mainly because there aren’t any good…ISIS7 min readISIS7 min read
Nov 19, 2015Dear Muslims,I am an American, a Christian, and a US Army Soldier. I’m white, I grew up in the South, and I love Jesus, as well as the life of freedom and prosperity that my country has enabled me to have. I have fought in Iraq and lost several really good…Muslim4 min readMuslim4 min read
