David Bouchier: A Few Well Chosen Words

David Bouchier’s weekly essays are full of unexpected observations and whimsical opinions. Listeners will relish his entertaining, enlightening, and sometimes exasperated commentaries on the routines that carry us through the year, the surreal rituals of politics, the unsettling experience of foreign travel, and the confusions and comedies of everyday suburban life. You can hear David Bouchier on-air Mondays at 7:45 a.m. on all stations and at 9:45 a.m. on News/Talk or by subscribing to this podcast.

Old soldiers

Commentator David Bouchier finds a mixed message in the Veterans Day celebration tomorrow.

11-10
03:47

This is a test

Commentator David Bouchier would like to give grades to political candidates before they are elected.

11-03
03:45

Back to the dark ages

Commentator David Bouchier wonders what lies behind our fascination with Halloween.

10-27
03:47

The best kind of argument

Commentator David Bouchier suggests that some rules for political debate from the sixteenth century might be useful today.

10-20
03:45

Taking chances

Commentator David Bouchier finds something to admire about explorers like Columbus.

10-13
03:45

Ancestor worship

Commentator David Bouchier discovers some not very interesting ancestors.

10-06
03:45

Falling towards winter

Commentator David Bouchier is not looking forward to winter.

09-29
03:48

The summer of love

Commentator David Bouchier remembers the amazing summer of 1967.

09-22
03:43

The price of free speech

Commentator David Bouchier considers the various forms of censorship.

09-15
03:06

The ghost in the machine

Commentator David Bouchier worries that his intelligence may not be artificial enough for the world of the future.

09-08
03:44

Take a break

Commentator David Bouchier wonders how American vacations have become so short.

09-01
03:45

Back to school

Commentator David Bouchier recalls some familiar wisdom about education and democracy.

08-25
03:46

All you can eat

Commentator David Bouchier is impressed by how much we can eat.

08-18
03:46

Ordinary lives

Commentator David Bouchier remembers a Superman we could all imitate.

08-11
03:45

Paradise gardens

Commentator David Bouchier is impressed by the number of landscapers working in the suburbs.

08-04
03:41

Still waiting for the end

Commentator David Bouchier thinks that the end of the world has been announced far too often.

07-28
03:41

Off the shelf

Commentator David Bouchier considers books he has not yet finished reading, and some he never will.

07-21
03:46

The right size

Commentator David Bouchier considers the importance of height in human affairs.

07-14
03:44

Border crossing

Commentator David Bouchier reflects on the long history of patriotism.

06-30
03:43

Nostalgia

Commentator David Bouchier seems to remember that the good old days were not always good.

06-23
03:41

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