As I was doing some site cleanup, I came across some of my old articles about Amoye Favour. I wondered aloud to myself, "I wonder if he/it/they are still around?" Not only is Amoye Favour still around, but he/it/they just published an article earlier this week! 10 Metal Musicians with Asperger's Syndrome Let's cut to the chase and grade Favour's 10 Choices: Craig Nicolls - Lead singer of the Vines? Not Metal. Marty Balin - Member of the Jefferson Airplane? Not one ounce of

I have rarely been so mad that I can't write, but today is one of those days. Former FIFA boss Sepp Blatter rolled out of bed and dropped this quote on the world: That's it. If you asked me: Who was the most corrupt administrator in all of Modern Sports? Not in the NFL, not in the Premier League, not in the NBA, but IN ALL OF SPORTS , I would probably say Sepp Blatter. Between 2018's World Cup in Russia and 2022's World Cup in Qatar, which were awarded their tournaments a dec

This will be a very short article, mostly for my edification. This was the AP Top 25 in College Football Poll after the end of the regular season. After the season ended, the Miami Hurricanes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish finished with the same record with very similar credentials for the college football playoffs. As in any sport, there are tie-breaker rules for evenly matched teams. So when push came to shove for the last at-large playoff spot, the committee chose the M

I watched Alex Honnold's Netflix Special: Skyscraper Live . I liked the special, it was good TV, like Evel Knievel on ABC Sports. But the commentators stressed, like a dozen times, how dangerous the climb was and that Honnold had a wife and kids. They HINTED that it was irresponsible to climb that building. Many viewers took to the internet and didn't hint at that position, they flat out said it. Let me ask you: What is better for your kids? Climbing a mountain for no money o

At a local bar, on the edge of Baldwin Wallace College, on Wednesday, January 22, 2026, the newly formed band International Threat, played a quick 3 song set as the snow lightly fell outside. Liam, Alex, Jimmy, and Pat met through similar channels out of the ashes of the former college radio station WCSB . Slightly off-topic, WCSB is (tentatively) slated to return as internet station XCSB in the Spring. International Threat's first playlist: Seventeen by Peach Pit Just Like H

Throughout this week, I saw this meme shared on, at least, a dozen feeds. Apparently, Pam Grier claims she saw lynchings....in Columbus, Ohio. Now the easily fooled clevland.com treated the story as straight news and didn't question the timeline. Do I believe Pam Grier? I believe she saw something, but not a lynching. Why the doubt? When I worked at Iron Mountain, I had to go into the dicey part of town at least once a month. Every time I went to E. 55th and Woodland area

The top story at the Drudge Report this morning was: Trump's Appalling Threat Leaves No Doubt That Its Time for the 25th Amendment. What website was so "brave" to invoke the Constitution? The Daily Beast. <sigh> The Daily Beast is one of the most partisan rags in America. Which one of their 150 or so Liberal staff members wrote the article? Janna Brancolini. Hmm, she must be new, I don't recognize her name. Editor's Note: Sorry, 150 Liberals and Token Moderate Matt Lewis . So

This was the headline over at The Blaze this morning: Clintons defy Epstein Subpoenas — but Glenn Beck says DON’T jail them. Here’s his shocking reason why. Let's pause for a second. In over a dozen Beacon of Speech Epstein articles , we have NEVER mentioned Hillary Clinton's name. Never. The Core Four names that come up in every file drop are: Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, and Bill Gates. Why would the government subpoena HILLARY Clinton? Let's get into the t

Co-Founder of Beacon of Speech Ted and I used to work together at the magical Iron Mountain. What was our favorite thing to do at work? I think Ted and I agreed that it was listening to the radio. Now I enjoyed Sports Talk on some days, and random music on others, while Ted would listen to mostly News Talk sprinkled in with Classic Rock . But both of us tended to start off our mornings with Howard Stern. Do either of us listen to Howard Stern today? Oh, absolutely not. Howar

I came across this meme on the Tubi Horror Movie Fan Sight . No parameters, no sourcing, no details. I reviewed the list in my head, over and over, and said to myself: "This is a crappy list." So Beacon of Speech Presents: Top 50 Horror Films of All Time! Not going back to Nosferatu , not including movies from the last year or so. 1946-2024, basically the time between World War II and the end of the Biden Administration: Evil Dead 2 (1983) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) R

Since ICE killed Nicole Good, I have read on multiple platforms that Fascism is Here and Trump is Hitler. You can say Trumps is an idiot. You can say Trump has brain damage. You can say Trump doesn't have a plan. I will listen to all of those arguments. But, again , he is not Hitler. Before Hitler killed himself in that bunker, he had killed about half a million German dissenters, about 6 million European Jews, and about 25 million Soviets. And I didn't even mention casualti

Earlier today, Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, passed away at the age of 68. Was Dilbert the best comic strip of all time? Back in 2014 , we proclaimed Dilbert the best comic strip between the years 2000-2010: "Launched in 1989, it took a few years for Scott Adams’ crude drawings to take hold with the comic strip-loving public. Spot on observations pertaining to the business world, along with a razor-sharp wit, carried it until the cartooning caught up with

Arguably the Best Broadcast Team in Cleveland History Other than Dorothy Fuldheim , there may not have been a more popular, or respected, female broadcaster in Cleveland Television History than Robin Svoboda. But since her heyday in the 1980's on Channel 8, Svoboda has been on every news channel in Northeast Ohio. Now everyone has their own angles and reasons for their own career path, but Svoboda seemed to have tired of the limiting news format itself, which is fine. But o

For longtime readers, you are already aware that I went almost completely deaf earlier this year and can now only hear thanks to a double cochlear implant. But it still kind of nags at me why I'm deaf. Beacon of Speech co-founder Ted and I speak of Rush Limbaugh's hearing loss often. Ted says "technically Rush didn't know why he went deaf, either." And I always reply, "oh he knew, he sued people so you wouldn't find out." Now I can't prove it in a court of law, but coincident

This little meme is catching fire with all of my Liberal Friends. You know what I see, as head of a Libertarian-leaning website? How do I figure? In the Top Picture, a bunch of unemployed Americans threw a temper tantrum that the Presidential Candidate that they wanted to win, didn't. Ashley Babbitt died. There was no insurrection. In the Bottom Picture, a bunch of unemployed Americans threw a temper tantrum because they didn't like ICE. They impeded the agency in the street

Editor's Note: For those queasy when it comes to light blasphemy, you may want to pass on this one. The headlines of nearly every publication in America screamed their angles on the shooting of Renee Nicole Good. Surprisingly, we are fairly neutral on the situation. If you're ICE, you can't go around shooting American Citizens. But I'll tell you what, I watched that stupid shooting from every angle released to the public and Ms. Good looks like she got what she deserved . W

Every time I write a popular article, my AI Editor says "now write another article, just like that." Then, when I write an unpopular article, my AI Editor says "let's explore other article options." Listen, I don't need an AI Editor on the Blog Overview Home Page, I don't use it. I can do bad all by myself. With that being said, these were our most popular articles of 2025. Were they our best articles? No, popularity is measured by clicks (in parenthesis) in AI Land. (2330)

On Wednesday January 6, 2021 , in live time, we declared that misguided supporters of Donald Trump were throwing a giant sized temper tantrum. CNN and the Left Wing media crowed that there was an insurrection . I was clear then, as I am clear now, that there was no insurrection. Insurrections involve tanks and helicopters, it involves generals and soldiers, it involves politicians being dragged from their beds and being led away in handcuffs. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez swears,

Yeah, you read that right. Back in the 1980's, athletic conferences in college seemed static. They were what they were, more or less. But in 1990, Penn State joined the Big 10 conference, and, slowly but surely, conferences began to evolve, they began to shrink and grow, and by the 2020's, started to cannibalize each other. They became their own living and breathing entities. How absurd does the Big 10 logo above look in hindsight? In 1990, though, the SEC was clearly the bes

Full Disclosure: I am a big OSU Fan. Both my Grandfather and Uncle graduated from Ohio State, I only graduated from Cleveland State. Back in 2022, Boston Celtics Coach Ime Udoka was suspended for a year for having an extra-marital affair with a Celtics Employee. I was stunned. No coach gets suspended for a year by his own team. Organizations either fire the coach, or stand behind the coach. I believe that the Celtics purposely embarrassed Udoka in the public domain so he woul

Last month, cleveland.com 's Sabrina Eaton rolled out of bed and proclaimed JD Vance can't be president in 2028 because, on a pop quiz, he could only name 2 out of 8 presidents that were from Ohio. Now I'm not in the business of defending JD Vance, but as you get older, pop quizzes become harder. You're at work and someone questions you about information you learning in 4th grade, that's not always an easy pull. But then cleveland.com ' s editor Chris Quinn defended Vance i

CNN is promoting the hell of the new Documentary: I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not. Why does CNN care so much? I'm sorry, I didn't print the whole title: CNN Presents-I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not. Now I'm just your average entertainment fan, but for a generation I've heard that Chevy Chase is nothing but a Grade-A Jerk. That's not my opinion, that's everyone's opinion . Who is taking up for Chase promoting the documentary? His third wife. Why do I care? Listen, at some point,

This was the headline over at Reuters yesterday: Putin told Trump that Russia will Review Peace Talks Stance after Drone Attack on Residence Vladimir Putin is full of shit. He wasn't on the edge of pulling back his invading army for peace. As far as I'm concerned, Zelensky should send drones to wherever Putin is, in perpetuity, or at least until the "special military operation" is over. I have said this, from the start: If Donald Trump dies (Biden in 2022), the United States

I have mentioned this in a few previous BOS articles, but it bears repeating. My late Grandfather taped the entire 100 hour Gulf War on CNN . The whole war on a set of VHS tapes, which he watched over and over again. My Grandfather was in World War II, but my Grandmother reminded me that, as a chef, he was far from most of the action. But despite some war footage that has been around for 80 years, some original footage that has recently been leaking out of Ukraine is uniquely