Defending the Republic

Friday’s event with Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck was a blast and thanks to all of you who helped to make it a both enjoyable and memorable event. Here are a few photos from the night (more coming on 97.1′s website; full video of the night’s event is up now).

Programming Note

I’m in LA tomorrow to be on the panel for “Real Time with Bill Mahr” and to see some folks. It broadcasts live at 9pm central.

In other news, please excuse any (de/con)struction around here shortly as I will be changing up the site.

Danke!

Introductory at Big J

The ideological war in which this country is currently embroiled has many fronts and one of those fronts is media. The media existed as the watchdog for the people but at some point became the attack dog for the government. What is reported in media eventually becomes history. One of the things which spurred my conversion from liberalism in my early 20s was the realization that bias was becoming history, that partisanship threatened to bury truth, and that without knowledge of the past and examination of the causes which led to specific conclusions, humanity risked a cyclical existence, never progressing. Like Groundhog Day, but way less funny.

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