Shop & Working Life
Torque Over Talk
There are two professions on this planet that claim to be in the truth business. Lawyers. And diagnostic mechanics.
Read the piece ↗Christopher Moore · Grand Island, Nebraska
Rants.
Repairs.Realness.
I swear. I ask inconvenient questions. I change my mind when the evidence earns it.
You don’t need to agree with me to belong here.
Pull up a chair.
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Politics & Society
Polarization: A Mechanical Failure
A driveline doesn’t explode because it “woke up angry” one day. It explodes because somebody ignored geometry… then ignored vibration… then ignored heat… then ignored…
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Life & Belief
The War That Rewired Our Brains
A Marine veteran examines toxic exposure, mental health, and the long effects of Operation Iraqi Freedom on the people who served.
Read the piece ↗Pick a lane. Or don’t.
Politics & Society ↗Independent thinking, power, media, and tribalism.Shop & Working Life ↗Mechanics, labor, and blue collar philosophy.Life & Belief ↗Family, mental health, faith, and the questions that keep me awake.Humor & Culture ↗Satire, music, football, and whatever else wandered into the shop.
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Politics & Society
Who the Hell Is Cornhusker Majority?
A Nebraska political mailer led me to the money, claims, and people behind Cornhusker Majority.
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Life & Belief
Creation? Intelligent Design?
An atheist electrician follows the power behind life and consciousness, then asks what a circuit diagram cannot explain.
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Politics & Society
The Founders Never Asked Us to Stop Thinking
Jefferson wanted to tear the engine down every nineteen years. Madison wanted to make sure nobody threw a wrench through the block every time they got frustrated. The…
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Politics & Society
The Curious Case of Senator Mark Kelly and Whiskey Pete Hegseth
The Uniform Code of Military Justice applies to active-duty service members and reservists. It is enforced with enthusiasm. It also technically applies to retired…
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Politics & Society
The Machiavellian States of America: Not Sun Tzu. Machiavelli.
Everyone loves to quote The Art of War when they talk about American politics. Sounds smart. Ancient. Noble. Wrong book.
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Humor & Culture
Fake Spring in Nebraska
Sunday in Nebraska. It’s 64 degrees. The sun is shining. There’s a light breeze. And every single one of us is acting like we just signed a peace treaty with winter.
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behind the words.
I’m Christopher Moore: a father of five, Marine Corps combat veteran, diesel mechanic, independent voter, and writer.
I spent years diagnosing trucks by following the evidence instead of trusting the first loud opinion in the room. Now I bring that same habit to politics, work, belief, and the mess of being human.
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