Mike McCabe
@backroadauthor.bsky.social
Author of MIRACLES ALONG COUNTY Q. Journaling at mikemccabe.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Zohran Mamdani and Abe Lincoln have something remarkable in common. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/new-dog-ol...
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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...
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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...
October 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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...
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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...
October 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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.
October 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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...
September 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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...
To read the rest of this essay, go to mikemccabe.substack.com/p/in-the-nam...
September 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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...
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...
Full event details can be found at boundtohappenbooks.com/events/35084...
September 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Excited to bring my tonic for mad times to Stevens Point on Saturday.
Full event details can be found at boundtohappenbooks.com/events/35084...
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.
I share some thoughts about Charlie Kirk here, but the article's not about him, it's about us.
September 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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.
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...
September 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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
September 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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
Another day in America, another candlelight vigil. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/exactly-wh...
August 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Another day in America, another candlelight vigil. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/exactly-wh...
Lutheran Pastor Jonathan Barker took a stand. Cost him a lot to do it. Says as much about our times as it says about him. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/generation...
August 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Lutheran Pastor Jonathan Barker took a stand. Cost him a lot to do it. Says as much about our times as it says about him. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/generation...
We're being serially lied to. Those doing the lying stand to benefit when we turn on each other, see neighbors as enemies, ferment our fears into hate, find catharsis in cruelty.
An answer. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/rising-above
An answer. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/rising-above
August 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We're being serially lied to. Those doing the lying stand to benefit when we turn on each other, see neighbors as enemies, ferment our fears into hate, find catharsis in cruelty.
An answer. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/rising-above
An answer. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/rising-above
Was talking on the radio this morning about my latest article relating to that invisible hand... mikemccabe.substack.com/p/visibly-or...
August 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Was talking on the radio this morning about my latest article relating to that invisible hand... mikemccabe.substack.com/p/visibly-or...
Honored to make the reading list of a local newspaper editor who's a voracious reader.
August 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Honored to make the reading list of a local newspaper editor who's a voracious reader.
These days, seems like more Americans are more afraid of more things than at any time I can recall. Does it help?
mikemccabe.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
mikemccabe.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
July 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
These days, seems like more Americans are more afraid of more things than at any time I can recall. Does it help?
mikemccabe.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
mikemccabe.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
Yesterday's event at the Owen Public Library that was part of the community's Centennial celebration. Tickled that so many high school classmates stopped by.
July 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Yesterday's event at the Owen Public Library that was part of the community's Centennial celebration. Tickled that so many high school classmates stopped by.
Many if not most Americans find haggling over the price of goods or services uncomfortable. Much of the rest of the world is into bargaining. Dickering is a marketplace ritual, the secret sauce of social bonding in civilizations far more advanced than ours. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/haggling-t...
July 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Many if not most Americans find haggling over the price of goods or services uncomfortable. Much of the rest of the world is into bargaining. Dickering is a marketplace ritual, the secret sauce of social bonding in civilizations far more advanced than ours. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/haggling-t...
Returning to my old stomping grounds, will be talking about my novel and signing copies at Owen's public library on the 19th as part of the community's Centennial celebration.
July 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Returning to my old stomping grounds, will be talking about my novel and signing copies at Owen's public library on the 19th as part of the community's Centennial celebration.
Tanzania's most remarkable characteristic is its people. Had the chance to wander the markets, try my hand at wood carving, sample some banana beer. It was only then that the invisible came into plain view. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/haggling-t...
July 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Tanzania's most remarkable characteristic is its people. Had the chance to wander the markets, try my hand at wood carving, sample some banana beer. It was only then that the invisible came into plain view. mikemccabe.substack.com/p/haggling-t...