By Dan

(henrymakow.com)

While being married to a lesbian for 20 years was painful, it actually made me a better person.

I met my ex-wife when I was about 14 years old. We grew up in the same small town in Missouri. She and I are 4th cousins as well.

She took an interest in me when I was 21 years old. She…

My name is Dan Abshear, and I am a recovering drug addict.

My substance abuse began with alcohol intake, in my early teens. My mother used to insist me and my older teen brother, also a young teenager, party with her, by getting drunk with her.

My mother would give alcohol to us, and my older brother’s many young teenage friends, often. This went on for years. My mother, by the way, should have gone to prison for this, as this is contributing to the delinquency of minors,…

As of today, I've been homeless for a bit over two and a half years.







Right after becoming homeless, I tried to stay with friends.  But that never seemed to be a comfortable situation for me.  Such friends did not understand how I became homeless, so my relationship with such friends was often fractured, I'm sad to say.  Such friends also included former lovers.  No situation staying with such friends ever worked.  My stay with such friends was often brief, and…

Whistles blowers aren't always celebrated.

Sometimes they're crushed.



"There is a pathologically intimate relationship between corporations and the U.S. government- their collusion is expressed in the revolving door. "





by Dan Abshear

(for henrymakow.com)





In the Spring of 2006, I became a pharmaceutical corporate whistle blower.







In February of that year, I had recruited a law firm with experience in pharmaceutical…

The number of actions deemed “illegal” continues to grow. Seen through that arbitrary filter that means more individuals who were at one time “law-abiding” are now viewed as “criminals.” That makes it more and more likely that you will see the inside of a jail cell. (Such a trend will continue unless we each stop believing that words put on paper by some strangers make once unjust actions just.) Many people use the time to reflect. Some, like  Dan Abshear who authored the below, share their…