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The Moment You Realized They Were Lying to You

December 1, 2024 Steve MacDonald

I’d like to give a hat tip to Tom Woods for the idea and the headline. Tom used it as a lead to offer his email list a Black Friday deal on his Liberty classroom. I’m hijacking it to ask you to consider the question and nothing else. When was the moment that you realized … Read more

Truth and Lies

February 4, 2024 Op-Ed

Hello, Friends of Freedom!

I want to begin to discuss a topic called, GOOD GOVERNMENT.”

By using this term with the adjective “GOOD,” the alternative is none other than BAD.

Truth Can Be Hurtful But It Is Our Most Potent Weapon Against Evil

December 23, 2023 Op-Ed

It’s now obvious, since our awakening to Fake News, that truth has been a stranger, an unknown that few recognize and few are willing to consider. This is the intended result of at least three generations of media preaching and academic lecturing against its ageless reliability.

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Truth Is the Biggest Threat to Democracy in DC

December 16, 2023 Op-Ed

Early this year, Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guard member, was arrested and charged with transmission of national defense information and other charges. Teixeira allegedly leaked classified documents on the Ukraine war and other foreign policy issues to a Discord gaming group.

Act Like Men Part 3: Compromise or Courage

June 3, 2023 Aaron Warner

Dr. Jordan Peterson is one of the most staunch defenders of men and masculinity. Peterson was living a relatively quiet life in Canada, teaching psychology and coaching both women and men, when his university and country decided to attempt to compel his speech.

Truth

December 17, 2022 Steve MacDonald

The decline and fall of truth is, sadly, our legacy in the 21st Century. Science is defined by political rhetoric, and opposing the popular thing is labeled as misinformation or disinformation.

A Viral Clip From Matt Walsh’s New Documentary Makes Heads Explode

June 2, 2022 Op-Ed

The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh released a documentary titled “What Is A Woman?” to coincide with the beginning of Pride Month, and it has already caused waves among viewers. Whereas the trailer had only provided a glimpse of the documentary’s potential, interviews conducted for the film have now been making the rounds on Twitter exposing … Read more

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Establish Your Own Sovereignty, and Become Well-Grounded in the Present.

January 7, 2022 Op-Ed

I was born and raised in an American suburb and attended a public high school. We studied the Communist Manifesto in 10th grade. I never encountered capitalist or libertarian philosophers until I had finished my Bachelor’s degree.

Chris Sununu – ‘Capitalist Hero’

October 15, 2021October 14, 2021 Op-Ed

Wednesday’s Executive Council meeting was noteworthy. Our Governor confused Socialism with Capitalism and our ill-prepared Executive Council failed to disabuse him of that mistake.

Quick Takes – Hat Trick

September 11, 2021 NITZAKHON

I intend to write a 9-11 piece soon, but please give it a couple of days. Meanwhile, three quick-hit-style bits of news with comments:

Sunday Overnight Thread – 71% of Democrats Don’t Want to Go Back to Normal Edition

June 6, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Normal, whatever that is, seems distant and impossible, even with the masks coming off. But someone seems to think there’s a place like what was before and that we can get there from here. Most of us know better. That appearances are not the same thing.

Speak Truth Firmly to Evil

March 3, 2021
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America has been the anchor of western civilization for the last century. Today we no longer articulate our values and principles. We listen constantly to leftist crap. This is the reason we have drifted so far off our moorings. It is time to stand for something.

Media Hack – “Every Perspective Does Not Deserve a Platform”

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021

In the “Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media hearing” in the House Wednesday, there was some interesting testimony. Soledad Obrien told the sub-committee; ‘Don’t book liars’ on news programs.

Who Are the Public Masters and Who Are the Public Servants?

February 22, 2021 Skip

There is an ongoing sense that our society has been turned upside down. We, as in We the People, versus the folks that we “hire.” Hire to either represent us or hire as employees to do the tasks that we’ve decided to outsource rather than do ourselves.

We Don’t Need No Freaking “Reality” Czar

February 4, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Today in America from journalists, academics, and politicians; all we are hearing is groupthink. Their concerns are how to combat disinformation and extremism. It is weak-minded crap. The New York Times (NYT) recently ran this disconcerting headline, “How the Biden Administration Can Help Solve Our Reality Crisis.”

If You Value Free Speech Stop Allowing Serial Liars to Police the Truth

February 1, 2021 Steve MacDonald

If the modern war on free speech had a name, we would call it disinformation. Becasue the people predisposed to such tactics also argue that they have an obligation to protect you from liars without acknowledging their own “historically rocky relationship with truth.”

He’s not wrong…

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Steve MacDonald

When they put our memes up on the big screen at our trial, trust me – it will all have been worth it.

Do You Really Advance Truth by Destroying Truth?

December 9, 2020

Today the First Amendment to the constitution of the once freest nation in the world is moribund. Its enemies are not Klansmen in hoods seeking to intimidate blacks. And its enemies are not right-wing conspiracy theorists rooting out communists.

First Amendment Religious Protection Is on the Line in This Election.

October 26, 2020

Increasingly the mouthpieces for the Anarchists, Antifa, BLM, and Islamists who masquerade as Democrats are demonstrating their intolerance, corruption, and penchant for violence. They want to end western civilization. The time has come to declare which side you are on?

The Truth Violates Facebook’s Community Standards (And This is How Democrats Will Rule)

October 20, 2021October 12, 2020 Steve MacDonald

With over half a million reached and close to 10K shares, Facebook decided to pull ‘this‘ down for violating community standards. (Maybe if it were about Melania Trump, they’d be okay with that?).