Ground Zero

Ground Zero - Writer, poet and social activist, Rich Broderick taught college journalism for nine years, served on the board of the Twin Cities Media Alliance, and sometimes still finds time to write for the TC Daily Planet.

Ten years later: the Iraq invasion and the God of War

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

In early 2003, poet Sam Hamill, founder of Cooper Canyon Press, which under his leadership became one of the top literary publishers in the country, called for poets across the nation to stage

MORE »
Ground Zero

Our very own settler problem: America’s Culture-of-Gun-Deaths

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

In the debate raging over gun control, one point needs to be emphasized.

MORE »
Ground Zero

Batting Third: in support of independent political parties

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

The other day a Facebook friend sent me a horrified inquiry asking if I had meant to “like” Mitt Romney on Facebook.

MORE »
Ground Zero

Bain Capital Meets Frankenstorm: It's an ill wind that blows no good

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

In the wake of megastorm Sandy, Bain Capital, which was co-founded by Mitt Romney and where he served as CEO until he resigned in 1999 but didn't

MORE »
Ground Zero

Etch-a-Sketch: Romney campaign faces possible lawsuit

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

Already under threat from the company that manufactures Etch-A-Sketch for product defamation, the Mitt Romney campaign committee is now facing a possible lawsuit for copyright infringement from The

MORE »
Ground Zero

Let’s Call the Whole Thing off: Romney and Ryan deny “rumor” about marriage

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

Chicago, IL -- Still reeling from negative reaction to his comments on the night the U.S.

MORE »
Ground Zero

Romney and Ryan make it official: Big date set for January 20, 2013

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

Miami, September 5 -- Gazing at each other with the fondness that observers report has been waxing ever since the two men first met several months ago at a policy forum, GOP Presidential candidate

MORE »
Ground Zero

Duck-and-cover: The ticking American time bomb

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

Another mass shooting, this time outside the Empire State Building, two dead, a dozen wounded. Next week – or  the week after – there will be another, then another soon after, and so on. This we know for sure.

MORE »
Ground Zero

Rope-A-Dope: It ain’t going to work for Mitt

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

One of my favorite memories of the 2008 primary season was a video of Mitt Romney trying to get down with a small group of black youth.

MORE »
Ground Zero

American Checklist: The Dark Knight Rising Among Us

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

This howling,
This strutting about,
This fist shaking,
This victim’s entitlement,
This juice squeezed
From the balls of violence,
This scorn of spectacles,
This impatience with speech,
This murdering of grief,
This self-cutting,
This blood weeping
From the eyes,
These monuments to us,
This camouflage,
These reflecting lenses,
This Kevlar vest,

MORE »
Ground Zero