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the audacity of despair collected prose links and occasional venting from david simon introduction latest posts posts by subject baseball drug war film and television gun laws history journalism music my books parenthood people places policy law politics privacy treme the wire writing published elsewhere admired reviews commencement addresses on the drug war on newspapering and journalism on the orioles on police crime on television introductions liner notes work in development books dvds music appearances recommended recommended sites worthy causes contact introduction latest posts posts by subject baseball drug war film and television gun laws history journalism music my books parenthood people places policy law politics privacy treme the wire writing published elsewhere admired reviews commencement addresses on the drug war on newspapering and journalism on the orioles on police crime on television introductions liner notes work in development books dvds music appearances recommended recommended sites worthy causes contact intro slide by way of introduction introduction april 25 2012 315 comments 28 709 views i ve had a leasehold on davidsimon com for years now people smarter than i am told me that even if i had no sense of its use at present i should throw a few shekels down in case but until recently i saw no reason to do much of anything with the site my ambivalence rests on a couple basic ideas i m a writer and while i m overpaid to write television at present the truth is that the prose world from which i crawled newsprint and books is beset by a new economic model in which the value of content is being reduced in direct proportion to the availability of free stuff on the web in short for newspapers and book publishers it has lately been an e race to the bottom and i have no desire to contribute to that new economy by writing for free in any format not that what is posted here has much prolonged value or in the case of previously published prose hasn t soured some beyond its expiration but the principle in which i genuinely believe read more uncategorized reposted from x a rant to be preserved july 7 2026 5 209 views what follows was published two weeks after october 7 2023 it was almost immediately pinned to the top of the feed there and it has remained there atop the dormant husk of that account ever since at some point this week i encountered a couple shitheels on the social media site to which i have migrated who proved entirely capable of characterizing my views as singularly zionist supportive of netanyahu his government his policies or his or his coalition s role in the horror show that has engulfed the levant false rather the criticism that i am both sidesing this disaster would be precise simplistic and empty but precise if ever there was a century old tragedy that encouraged no demanded that civilized human beings refuse to sign up for the bloodletting of hamas or the brutalities of netanyahu it s this one there is a singular shared and grievous history here and if you know it in full you know that both sides have read more memoriam people laura september 22 2025 1 651 views a year ago today we took to the streets and celebrated the life of laura schweigman in that way that new orleanians do a native baltimorean she was captured by the crescent city during our years filming treme and in her own way she captured it right back if you watched anything from the wire to show me a hero to generation kill to treme you reveled in some of her fine television work and if you were along for the ride as she raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for everyone from baltimore school children and recovering addicts to new orleans musicians and culture bearers you knew she was the best of us her memory is a blessing always mighty kootie fiyo laura schweigman 1979 2024 share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print read more obits appreciations on police crime a letter for leniency july 7 2023 27 comments 17 455 views this is the full text of a letter written on behalf of one of the defendants charged with narcotics violations in conjunction with the death of my friend and collaborator michael k williams it was written at the request of mr macci s defense attorney but what follows will make fully clear why i felt compelled to undertake the task in no small part to honor michael s memory the honorable judge ronnie abrams your honor i write to you in regard to the sentencing of carlos macci who has entered a plea of guilty to narcotics offenses in conjunction with the overdose death of michael k williams and as a close friend and professional colleague of mr williams i write to urge you to consider leniency specifically i met michael in 2002 as a writer and producer when i first cast him in a role in an hbo production that broadcast for five seasons and chronicled the tragic american diaspora that is the drug war from that moment i came to know and love michael read more copyright 2018 david simon all rights reserved site created by real fresh creative