Back in My Lane Chaos Theory • September 9, 2025 One man’s opinion, and that’s all this is. I’m done compiling FBI spreadsheets. Not because the facts don’t matter—they do—but because almost nobody cares enough to dig for them. I could spend hours adding twelve months for every category, cross-checking every cell, and it won’t … Read more
One Man’s Opinion Chaos Theory • September 9, 2025 One man’s opinion—nothing more, nothing less. I’m sick and tired of hearing the media drone on about crime rates, spinning numbers to fit whatever story they want to tell. I don’t care about the spin. I care about the facts—the numbers—what the data actually shows. By … Read more
Enough Chaos for Today September 9, 2025 After accusing the media and politicians of bending numbers to fit their narrative, I was challenged: show your work, show your data. That sent me deeper into the weeds of the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports than I ever intended to go. I know the spin is real. It’s … Read more
The Dilemma September 9, 2025 I’ve been pouring over the FBI’s crime data, trying to make sense of it and do the math correctly. The sheer volume of information is overwhelming. For each category—homicide, aggravated assault, you name it—the FBI breaks things down not just by state, but by month, and even by jurisdiction. It’s … Read more
Lazy Numbers, Lazy Narratives Draft for private review • September 9, 2025 I recently sat down with what I thought was a simple goal: pull crime statistics from the FBI’s website and put them into a form the average person could understand. It didn’t take long before I realized this wasn’t simple at all. The … Read more
Why I Write — Reflections on History, Family, and the Pressure Relief Valve By qball45 • September 5, 2025 Today I’ve been pouring out words again. Thank God for my audio recorder and transcriber—without them, none of this would get out of my head and onto a page. Writing is so much easier now than … Read more
Narrator’s Voice Since I’ve discovered the best technique for me to convey my mental words into written form, I’ve also discovered something unexpected: my narrator’s voice. It hit me during something as simple as reading a bedtime story to my granddaughter. Instead of fumbling and stumbling over the words, I’ve found myself slipping into that … Read more
Always Show Up September 3, 2025 Always show up. That’s where it all begins. For me, the struggle has always been real — not finding words, but getting them on paper. My mother loves to tell how, once I learned to speak, I never shut my mouth. The words were always there. The problem was … Read more
Finding His Voice — Looking in Through the Window By John Davey — one man’s straight look at how words finally found their way out. From the outside looking in, you would have seen a guy who could fix just about anything with his hands — a problem-solver, a mechanic by instinct, a teacher by … Read more
Tim Walz doesn’t want ‘safety’ — he wants control, and he’ll trample your rights to get it. By John Davey — no spin, no sugarcoating. Tim Walz isn’t just floating bad ideas — he’s taking direct aim at your rights. This isn’t about “safety.” It’s about control. Every time there’s a tragedy, instead of holding … Read more