Raoul Wallenberg, born on August 4th, 1912 in Sweden, a hero who saved thousand of Jews in WWII, has been nearly forgotten but you can remember him this day with a good film that he himself liked. When Hitler began rounding up the Jews in Hungary in 1944, Wallenberg faced down the Nazi death machine with nothing more than courage and paper, partly by mass manufacturing fake … [Read more...]
Battle Of Athens (TN) Remembered In “An American Story”
The Battle of Athens (TN) was a rebellion against corrupt local government that took place on August 1-2, 1946, in which WWII veterans fought local police over police brutality and election manipulation. Fresh from restoring democracy abroad, they were not about to see it destroyed at home, and they defended the ballot box just the way Uncle Sam taught them to. The battle is … [Read more...]
Milton Friedman: Happy Angel Birthday!
Nobel-prize winning economist Milton Friedman was born on July 31st, 1912. He was an outspoken and persuasive defender of human liberty and a tremendous communicator of libertarian ideas. His ten-part Free to Choose TV series, and the book on which it was based, remains one of the most comprehensive video expositions of libertarian ideas available. It is free online. Here's … [Read more...]
The Film Editor Who Removes Scenes for China
There are multiple reports now of US films made in Hollywood being edited to please Chinese censors (1,2,3,4,5). Why? Because these films are sold on a world market and China is a very large part of that market. These censors object to many things: topics that put the Chinese government in a bad light, overtly gay content, anything that reminds the world that Taiwan is a … [Read more...]
Caveman Blogger Fights for Free Speech and Internet Freedom
The Institute for Justice defends First Amendment rights of "caveman diet" advocate and blogger. [Institute for Justice/ 3 min/ Law & The Individual] … [Read more...]
27 Years Ago Today, FBI Framed Richard Jewell
On July 27th, 1996, during the Summer Olympics in Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park, security guard Richard Jewell discovered a pipe bomb and quickly began clearing the public out of the park. His courageous actions saved untold lives. When the bomb finally went off, one person was killed and more than a hundred injured -- it could have been much worse. Unhappily for Jewell, … [Read more...]
Meet The Cast of Patriot Front
In Meet the Cast of Patriot Front, a delightful comedy skit from Free the People, a casting director assembles the cast for a government psyops operation. The photo below of "just a bunch of normal guys attending Justice for J6 Rally" famously became a meme. Later, out of the blue, a group calling itself "Patriot Front" appeared. They are professionally costumed, … [Read more...]
George Washington Reads the Declaration of Independence
Of all the readings of the US Declaration of Independence, this one from the series Sons of Liberty, dramatized and set to music, is my favorite. Happy Independence Day! … [Read more...]
Sound Of Freedom | Film
UPDATE: Sound of Freedom will be released in theaters July 4th. Tim Ballard, a former US Homeland Security agent, quits his job to fight the enslavement of children by sex traffickers and the governments that back them. Based on a true story. [ Sound of Freedom credits: Dir: Alejandro Monteverde/ Mira Sorvino, Jim Caviezel, Bill Camp/ Action-Adventure, Drama, Thriller/ … [Read more...]
July 4th, Independence Day: Eight Short Films
July 4th, Independence Day, is America's annual celebration commemorating its Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Cato Institute has a nice summary of what is in the Declaration and why it is such a landmark in the foundation of human liberty: 1) We are all created equal -- no one ought to have any special rights and privileges in his social relations with other … [Read more...]