I have seen this meme floating around in different forms on Libertarian websites over the past few weeks. It is one of the truest statements every made. In 1980, and, of course, this is a gross oversimplification, this is what the two Major Political Parties cared about: Republicans: The Rich Democrats: The Working Man In 2026, and, of course, this is a gross oversimplification, this is what the two Major Political Parties care about: Republicans: The Rich Democrats: LGBT Iss

Last week, I was on the bus with local high school baseball players going to the city next door to play a divisional rivalry game. It was only a 10-minute bus ride, but it was eye opening. As I drove down the street, lost in my own thoughts of poor life decisions, I heard the team break into song. Like being awoken from a trance I heard the lyrics "I want it that way." And I thought to myself "that can't be the Backstreet Boys." Alas, it was. I glanced at the coach sitting in

A few days ago, I woke in the middle of the night, sweating, nearly paralyzed from nightmares. Somewhere in the gray area between consciousness and unconsciousness, I turned to my phone as a 4 a.m. distraction. I am still not sure how much of the following story was real. Yes, I know the hidden track is not really about Horses. A well spoken man started: In the year 1900, there were about 20 million horses in America. The population of the United States was around 75 million.

Over at Revolver today, they had a Fan Poll of the most popular Smashing Pumpkins songs: 5. Stand Inside Your Love 4. Cherub Rock 3. Thru the Eyes of Ruby 2. Hummer 1. Mayonnaise Wow, that's not even CLOSE to right. Who am I to argue with a fan poll? Here is the Top 5, corrected: 5. Bury Me 4. I Am One 3. Bullet With Butterfly Wings 2. Muzzle 1. Snail But more importantly: Why does any of this matter? There's a lot of revisionist history going on out there. Many of Billy Corg

As I was exiting my vehicle this afternoon, it was announced that the Cleveland Browns had traded Myles Garrett. Details were sketchy, but the first announcement was "Garrett was traded for a defensive player and picks." I grabbed my co-worker and literally yelled at him. THE BROWNS ARE F@CKING IDIOTS. UNLESS THEY TRADED GARRETT FOR 2 STARTERS AND 3 FIRST ROUNDERS, THEY DIDN"T GET ENOUGH. Of course they didn't get enough. In 2022, the Browns traded for Texans Pro Bowl Quarter

Over at CNN, they have a cool prediction machine. If you have a few minutes, and love soccer, you may want to give it a whirl. Just a quick reminder for this World Cup, the field is expanded out to 48. which means an extra round to the Finals. Top Half of Bracket Bottom Half of Bracket Predictions Brazil will beat Spain in the Final Argentina will beat Germany in the 3rd Place Game Hosts United States and Canada will be wiped out by the Quarterfinals. Mexico won't get to the

Last month, M. Gessen won the Pulitzer for Opinion and I was steamed. Yet again I had lost to an entity pushing an agenda instead of someone who had "outwritten" me. But deep down, I'm really insecure. Even though my best 7 articles were better that Gessen's, maybe, just maybe, they are a great writer and I just suck. So I went on over to Muck Rack to read some of their articles AFTER their last Pulitzer winning piece on November 7, 2025: The Ruling About Passports Isn't Abou

Quietly, Beacon of Speech's 10 Year Anniversary came and went this week. We are still closer to folding up tent than being a success, but that we even exist at all.... For our 10 Year Anniversary, we would like to revisit our first 10 articles, see how they held up. Article # 1: The Ramones "That's what I'm attempting to do in a nutshell with Beacon of Speech.....make my own path." - Yours Truly, 10 years ago Did we make our own path? Uh, yeah, now we're alone in the woods. D

And you what? I'm ankle deep in that cult, I love Diego Luna. From Beacon of Speech in January of 2025: "I had the (USMNT) game on in the background. About halfway through the first half, the camera zoomed in on a player I had never seen before. The kid looked like he was on the wrong end of a car crash. Cotton shoved in his nostrils, blood on his face, and a red, swollen nose. The first thing I thought was "dude, it's a friendly, you need to take a break." I looked up # 10

Came across this gem at the BBC: Trump in Excellent Health after Annual Checkup, his Doctor Says Hmm, that's curious. Almost every day across the last 2 weeks, the Drudge Report has posted articles about mysterious bruising on Trump's hands and the president visiting the Walter Reed Medical Center. Again, from the BBC: "Capt. Sean Barbabella said Trump, who turns 80 next month, has "strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and overall physical function" and is "fully fit to ca

Our local Sports Radio affiliate, 92.3 the Fan in Cleveland, had me yelling at the radio, not once, but twice this past week. Both topics had to do with, arguably, the NBA's Greatest Player of his Generation, LeBron James. Take I: Cleveland Should Be Grateful for Their ONE Championship Hosts Ken Carman and Anthony Lima were debating LeBron's Legacy on their morning drive show and they said that they were surprised at how many people weren't grateful that LeBron brought the Cl

Over at the Daily Mail, they declared New Ulm, Minnesota the "Least Diverse City in the US." New Ulm? I've actually been to New Ulm, it's remarkably unremarkable. I used to live in Mankato and went to South Dakota once. New Ulm was the last (small) city before you saw a bunch of nothing. New Ulm was bland as (White) bread. Follow the YELLOW Arrow But I find it hard to believe it is the "Least Diverse City in America." According to the Daily Mail, New Ulm is, shockingly, "93%

The Premier League just ended hours ago and it's official, Beacon of Speech out-predicted the leading soccer analysts from both ESPN and the BBC . I AM THE KING OF PREMIER LEAGUE PROGNOSTICATORS This is from August of 2025: ESPN's Lazy, Lazy, Soccer Journalism "Before I give you my predictions, let me give you ESPN's predictions. Liverpool Arsenal Manchester City Chelsea.... Wait a minute, that's the same as last year. What about their bottom 3 for relegation? Leeds United Su

I want you to think about the most prominent Libertarians over the past decade: Libertarian-leaning Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National intelligence, resigned from the Trump Administration yesterday. The media is emphatic that she was pushed out. Libertarian-leaning Thomas Massie, now former Congressperson from Kentucky, was voted out of the Congress after a mountain of dark money appeared at Donald Trump's behest to aid Massie's Republican challenger. Libertarian-leaning Jus

When we first started the blog 10 years ago, one of the first articles we wrote was: The Top 40 Punk Albums of All Time (2017) Beacon of Speech What inspired our prose? One of the worst music lists of all time The Top 40 Punk Albums of All Time (2017) Rolling Stone Why are either relevant a decade later? Rolling Stone further expanded upon their own stupidity by releasing a highly revisionist punk list. At least a quarter of their new list isn't even punk. First punk band acc

Thomas Massie is a folk hero in Libertarian circles, but is the enemy of MAGA-Land. To sum it up in one sentence: Donald Trump is a Populist whose whims seem to change with the wind, while Thomas Massie is NOT a classic Conservative in the mold of Rush Limbaugh, he is a Libertarian. As a Libertarian-leaning website, we love Thomas Massie, we don't even try to conceal that fact. But yesterday, when Massie lost to Trump bootlicker Ed Gallrein, we were happy. Why were we happy t

Here were the 2 breaking stories at the USA Today earlier, with whether the accounts were Real News or not (according to us): American Doctor has Ebola: Yes Shooting at San Diego Islamic Center: Yes Lead Stories at the USA Today Now to the right of those were the Top Headlines in America according to the USA Today, with whether the stories were Real News or not (according to us): Celtics Feud with Stephen A. Smith? No. Russell Andrews reveals ALS Diagnosis? Sad, but no. Neyma

CNN asked: What Do We Lose When The Colbert Show Ends? Beacon of Speech answers: NOTHING. How can we be so callous? Because we are so sick and tired of all the hand-wringing over the end of the Colbert Show. A Human Representative of a Xerox Machine We are going to give Jimmy Fallon the benefit of the doubt, he mostly disseminates the adult version of frat-boy humor. But, the other 4 are corporate, Liberal Comedians. All the same race, all the same comic philosophy, all in th

A poor Russian Soldier summed up Putin's War in Ukraine this way (Wall Street Journal): "Losses are so heavy that (Vyacheslav) Kudryashev, a former heroin addict who was jailed on drug charges after his previous front-line stint and injury and rejoined the army in return for freedom after six months’ service, said he and many in the Russian army think the war is a deliberate campaign to purge society of those on its lowest rungs, culling the downtrodden, the homeless, and the

Last week, I lost the Pulitzer Contest to a bunch of Woke Warriors. I am still irrationally sour about it. I'm not arrogant enough to sue the Pulitzers, like Trump. I don't have the moral gravitas of Emily Damari to actually do anything beyond whining. I just want to beat on something..... Like a DRUM! I started with all kinds of ideas to build a skeleton of an article, then said "aw, screw it. Here's a bunch of drum songs." Breathe (Live) by Ministry Civilized Worm by the Me

Last week, M. Gessen won the Pulitzer for Opinion Writing. Their writing was woke garbage. A week later I'm still really sour about it. But then today, I saw this story at DNYUZ: New Theory Suggests That Alternate Universe Versions Of You Are Determining Your Fate And I thought to myself, "Yeah, that's the ticket! Alternate Universe Fred WON the Pulitzer last week. Here's my acceptance speech: How do I feel after my surprising showing in Opinion Writing? Not really sure. Sin

This was the cover of a Taiwanese Newspaper: Jan 26, 2020. Back in January of 2020, there was a virus sending panic through China. Using the prism of time, we now know that virus was the first variation of Covid-19. What made Covid so scary? Initial reports indicated a mortality rate of around 5%. For those bad at math, that's 1 in 20 deaths. A 1 in 20 death rate stretches the health care system to the brink. Talk to someone in healthcare today and they'll tell you that, betw

Yesterday, R.J. Day, son of Ohio State Coach Ryan Day, chose to play quarterback at....Northwestern. On the surface, the choice seems curious, but when you dig a little deeper, it makes perfect sense. Today, in the NIL Era, Ohio State's job is not to develop young quarterbacks, it is to win. Pay the best quarterback from an average school to come to your program and win now. The equation worked to perfection when OSU poached Will Howard from Kansas State. Ryan Day's son is no

In February of 2026, beloved actor Robert Carradine, a member of Hollywood's Carradine Family, passed away. Famous from the Revenge of the Nerds Franchise and the Lizzie McGuire Series, the nation was in shock as tributes poured in from co-stars and fans alike. An entire industry paused to mourn his death. A few weeks later, sadly, it was revealed that Carradine had committed suicide. Legal Disclaimer from AI: Does the 1-800-273-8255 Suicide Hotline number still work? Yes. Al