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
Commentator David Bouchier proposes a cure for summer vacation anxieties.
Commentator David Bouchier argues that some names may change a person's destiny.
Commentator David Bouchier imagines a Memorial Day that reaches infinitely into the past.
Commentator David Bouchier reflects on how hard it is to be honest in the intangible world of intellectual property.
Commentator David Bouchier hopes that the graduates of 2026 will find a place in the new economy, or a way to escape it.
Commentator David Bouchier suggests that kindness to animals may not be enough.
Commentator David Bouchier tries to diagnose the passion for grand buildings.
Commentator David Bouchier wonders whether a stylish wedding will lead to a stylish marriage.
Commentator David Bouchier would like to feel that his tax dollars are doing some good in the world.
Commentator David Bouchier looks forward to some cheerful poems during National Poetry Month.
Commentator David Bouchier looks forward to April Fool's Day.
Commentator David Bouchier notes that many people have discovered an inexpensive way to shop.
Commentator David Bouchier reflects on the World Happiness Report.
Commentator David Bouchier reflects on National Procrastination Week and why being a little late might be perfectly fitting.
Commentator David Bouchier talks about the fall of meritocracy.
Commentator David Bouchier offers some thoughts on the ambiguous pleasures of getting older.
Commentator David Bouchier recalls the manners and morals of another age.
Commentator David Bouchier foresees the next stage for romantic lovers on Valentine's Day.
Commentator David Bouchier wonders why he is living in a place more suitable for penguins.
Commentator David Bouchier looks at a forgotten revolution, happening now.
Commentator David Bouchier fears that reading a newspaper has become a form of deviance.
Commentator David Bouchier wonders if we will ever understand the history of the recent past.
Commentator David Bouchier looks towards the future and recommends nostalgia for the past.
Commentator David Bouchier looks ahead to 2026 and sees nothing clearly.
Commentator David Bouchier wonders how to survive the party season.
Commentator David Bouchier wonders whether the Holiday season needs to be quite so expensive.
Commentator David Bouchier finds an inspiring moral in an old Christmas story.
Commentator David Bouchier looks forward to the end of the hurricane season.
Commentator David Bouchier wonders what stories will be told around the Thanksgiving table this year.
Commentator David Bouchier speculates on what may be our last and most regrettable technological improvement.
Commentator David Bouchier finds a mixed message in the Veterans Day celebration tomorrow.
Commentator David Bouchier would like to give grades to political candidates before they are elected.
Commentator David Bouchier wonders what lies behind our fascination with Halloween.
Commentator David Bouchier suggests that some rules for political debate from the sixteenth century might be useful today.
Commentator David Bouchier finds something to admire about explorers like Columbus.
Commentator David Bouchier discovers some not very interesting ancestors.
Commentator David Bouchier is not looking forward to winter.
Commentator David Bouchier remembers the amazing summer of 1967.
Commentator David Bouchier considers the various forms of censorship.
Commentator David Bouchier worries that his intelligence may not be artificial enough for the world of the future.
Commentator David Bouchier wonders how American vacations have become so short.
Commentator David Bouchier recalls some familiar wisdom about education and democracy.
Commentator David Bouchier is impressed by how much we can eat.
Commentator David Bouchier remembers a Superman we could all imitate.
Commentator David Bouchier is impressed by the number of landscapers working in the suburbs.
Commentator David Bouchier thinks that the end of the world has been announced far too often.
Commentator David Bouchier considers books he has not yet finished reading, and some he never will.
Commentator David Bouchier considers the importance of height in human affairs.
Commentator David Bouchier reflects on the long history of patriotism.
Commentator David Bouchier seems to remember that the good old days were not always good.
Commentator David Bouchier wonders how to plan a vacation in a complicated world.
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