Beyond the Rhetoric

Game Change (2012) Based on the book of the same name, Game Change chronicles many of the events leading up to the 2008 US Presidential election. Although much of the book is dedicated to the respective journeys of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the HBO movie focuses almost exclusively on Sarah Palin. And perhaps that [...]

“Yes, I’ve been cussed at, fussed at and figuratively beaten around the ears, but after eight years in this job, after seeing America, I know two things… I have never believed so strongly in this nation’s future, in the righteousness of its ways as I do and I have never believed so strongly that we [...]

“Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood.” Even though George Takei’s run as Sulu on the original Star Trek television series was [...]

And so we find ourselves at another hump day. To help you get over that hump, I have once again compiled a collection of interesting reads from around the Internet. Enjoy! We start off with Ray Ebersole, who is discussing the evils of politically correctness. While I absolutely agree that we should have a mutual [...]

“Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without risks, nor would we really wish to live in such a fictional place. Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would require [...]