Mike McCabe

Hear it all the time, "I'll believe it when I see it." Actually, we're better off when we think it's the other way around. As Trevor Noah said, “even though you cannot see it, you believe that it can happen.” mikemccabe.substack.com/p/first-thin...

Couldn’t understand the words, still the message came through loud and clear. Pay less attention to the nightmare and more to the dream. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/suena-mi-n...

The trade our country is now making is even more foolish than the one made the day after Christmas in 1919. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/the-worst-...

Warmth in the Freezing Cold Hate the sin, love the sinner.

So many names and images from the Twin Cities burned into our memories. Here's one that's liable to be quickly forgotten but shouldn't be. Isaiah Blackwell's story is worth retelling again and again. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/warmth-in-...

Coming up in a couple of weeks. Will be talking about the tragedies unfolding in our country, trying to make sense of the madness, imagining how we might pull our fat out of the fire.

The little possum's timeless message still resounds, though it's not easy to hear with all the noise pollution from the constant actions aiming to ethnically cleanse our nation, distract from unnerving economic uncertainty and stifle social unrest. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/pogos-remi...

Crowd gathered outside the Wisconsin State Capitol on Friday during a vigil for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

I love this nation of immigrants and will always stand in its defense against xenophobic violence.

Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula

First came the scorched boat. Then the mangled bodies. Then the packets with traces of marijuana. Now, fishermen fear the ocean that feeds them.

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Thanks for sharing @wisdomvoices.bsky.social. Happy holidays and best wishes for the year ahead.

Something's Off What a difference a little three-letter word can make.

Have always loved @backroadauthor.bsky.social columns. Spot on again here. Worth the read. 👇
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Something's Off
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A caller to the radio show I'm on every Wednesday afternoon brought up this passage from A Christmas Carol while we talked about my holiday-themed Substack article that dropped Monday. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/just-needs...

Love Dickens, love A Christmas Carol, especially love these two pages.

In the spirit of the season, my warmest holiday wishes along with words of great concern about current conditions in the world and high hopes for our shared future. Also an embedded video clip of a 60 Minutes interview that is quite remarkable @ mikemccabe.substack.com/p/just-needs...

The cure for the powerlessness that ails us can be found in our own history, provided we have the wisdom and courage to teach it and the good sense to believe in it.

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Convince me otherwise.

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The More Things Change American politics is growing more and more disconnected from American life.

Followed this piece with another a week later... mikemccabe.substack.com/p/the-more-t...

Zohran Mamdani and Abe Lincoln have something remarkable in common. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/new-dog-ol...

Seems like everyone's talking about the government shutdown at the moment. Pretty much everything's been said, so what I wrote for my journal over at Ebiyan House doesn't dwell on today's news, it looks to the future of government's purpose. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/man-versus...

Our country's going through a rough patch, no doubt about it. Still, we face nothing that's too big to handle, but we're sure not acting like it. Wrote about this in today's post over at Ebiyan House. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/time-to-gr...

In my youth I said the 4-H pledge more times than I can count, with no idea that the ideals expressed in that vow would one day become scarcities. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/weapons-of...

I’ll grant you that college is not for everyone. But I still find it weird that so many Americans have grown so skeptical and dismissive of higher education. And I find it downright dangerous that America chose to more or less stop teaching civics. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/cooling-on...

Will be discussing my novel Miracles Along County Q and signing copies next Tuesday evening @mbcbrews.bsky.social's Madison taproom. If you're in the area, stop by for a pint or two. If we haven't yet met in person, here's our chance. If we already know each other, would be great seeing you again.

When the Watergate scandal was about to bring Richard Nixon down, he took to the airwaves in hopes of holding on to the nation's highest office. His plea fell on deaf ears. He didn't know then what the office's current occupant knows too well. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/go-ahead-t...

Shots ring out, once, twice, so many times we lose count. They are not stopped. Comedians, now they must be stopped. They can joke no more, their shows canceled.

To read the rest of this essay, go to mikemccabe.substack.com/p/in-the-nam...

Excited to bring my tonic for mad times to Stevens Point on Saturday.

Full event details can be found at boundtohappenbooks.com/events/35084...

There's a reason it's called doomscrolling and not hopescrolling. There’s no putting the digital genie back in the bottle, but we can exercise free will and wisdom. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/reverse-en...

I share some thoughts about Charlie Kirk here, but the article's not about him, it's about us.

Was given this shirt some years ago. As good a time as any to break it out. Enough fear has been mongered in the last few months alone to torment six lifetimes. Cultivating hope in dark times is one of the most impactful actions imaginable. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/fuel-for-t...

Will be selling and signing copies of my novel after the talk. Full details of the event can be found at platomadison.org/event-6298868

Miracles Along County Q by Mike McCabe | Bound to Happen Books Local and independent bookstore since 2021.

Will be in Stevens Point on 9/20. If you're anywhere in the Central Sands region, would love to see you there. boundtohappenbooks.com/events/35084...

Another day in America, another candlelight vigil. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/exactly-wh...