The truth is out West! We’re hopping on the ET Highway and venturing to the most notorious alien hot spots, including Roswell’s infamous crash site, Area 51’s eerie perimeter, and a mysterious desert watchtower. Join us as journalist Laura Krantz, host of the podcast Wild Thing , beams up to share stories from the front lines of UFO reporting—from strange sightings and quirky festivals to a mailbox where people leave letters to extraterrestrials. Maybe you’ll even decide for yourself: Is Earth a tourist stop for spaceships? UFO hot spots you’ll encounter in this episode: - UFO Watchtower (near Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado) - Roswell, New Mexico - Area 51, Nevada - Extraterrestrial Highway (aka State Route 375), Nevada - Little A’Le’Inn, ET Highway, Nevada - E.T. Fresh Jerky, ET Highway, Nevada - Alien Research Center, ET Highway, Nevada - The Black Mailbox, ET Highway, Nevada Via Podcast is a production of AAA Mountain West Group .…
An afternoon chat about Radio and stuff with good friend and LA air personality, John "Nolan!" Nolan Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe
Guest Scribbler Don Williams is back to discuss his latest BWW post "Alinskyizing the Judges". Of course, we have to pundit-ificate on the latest white caps frothing the DC Swamp! Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe
Don Williams Returns Another great Free Range chatfest! Plus, YOU could become a trillionaire with just one of the 2 ideas discussed in this podcast! Don Williams is a conservator, educator, scholar and all-around inquisitive guy, having worked on some of the most interesting objects and historic buildings in our nation's public and private collections. He has developed, managed and presented educational programming on an array of subjects in the fields of conservation, woodworking and wood finishing. Brian Wilson is a nationally-known radio and television host, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 50 years experience in media as host, News/Program Director, and Owner. His periodic scribblings can be found on Substack and his website . You can find ALL of Brian's podcasts on his Substack page. On Facebook, check out Brian's page along with his 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio page and of course, the Now For Something Completely Different Facebook page. Brian's books can be found on Amazon . Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thanks for reading Brian Wilson Writes! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
Guest scribbler and Military Intel vet, Brad Smith, returns for a free-range chat about Ukraine, UFOs, The Great Cyber Truck Mystery, LA Fires, DEMs, and the Winterscape in Michigan. Brad Smith opines on Facebook from his rural Michigan home and has a background in military intelligence. Brian Wilson is a nationally-known radio and television host, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 50 years experience in media as host, News/Program Director, and Owner. His periodic scribblings can be found on Substack and his website . You can find ALL of Brian's podcasts on his Substack page.On Facebook, check out Brian's page along with his 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio page and of course, the Now For Something Completely Different Facebook page. Brian's books can be found on Amazon . Thanks for reading Brian Wilson Writes! This post is public so feel free to share it. Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
Note: The Tech Gods were angry today and did everything possible to screw up this production. Unfortunately, Substack doesn’t have an immediate contact solution to let subscribers know Evil has been lurking in the software! This should do it! Thanks for your patience, endurance and not writing scathing emails! BW How would you like to Do Good, Drink Well and Drink Honorably? Here’s your new opportunity to enjoy the fantastic new Four Branches Bourbon and help veterans in the Army, Nave, Air Force, and Marines at the same time! Whose brilliant idea was this? How did it happen? Where can you find it? These and 96 other answers are in this jam-packed podcast! Cheers, BW. My Guest Harold "“Dog” Underdown is a co-founder of Four Branches Bourbon , where he brings his 30-year career as a Master Chief Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) to the company. As a former Navy SEAL and VP of the UDT/SEAL Association , Harold leads Four Branches Bourbon's efforts to support special operations, veterans, and causes. He manages collaboration ventures and giveback initiatives, promoting the company's message of Drink Honorably. Dog's always down for a good pour and cigar, fishing, shooting, and anything outdoors. Your Host (again) Brian Wilson , nationally known radio and television host, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 50 years of experience in media as a host, News/Program Director, and Station Owner. His periodic scribblings can be found right here on Substack. On Facebook, check out Brian's page along with his 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio page and, of course, the Now For Something Completely Different Facebook page. Brian's books can be found on Amazon . Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thanks for reading Brian Wilson Writes! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
The last days of the Biden-Obama administration: why what happened happened. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe
(Almost) Everything you wanted to know about guns! Tom Gresham is a nationally-known firearms expert, author and television host. For more than 50 years, Tom has engaged in all forms of print, electronic and online media for more than 50 years. As we say in Show Biz: He’s done it all: author, magazine editor and writer, TV host, director and creator, radio show host, and online video producer. His national radio talk show, “ Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk ,” and Substack is heard by millions throughout the U.S. and Canada via radio and podcast. Tom is closely related to his famous father, Grits Gresham . Brian Wilson is a nationally-known radio and television host, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 50 years of experience in media as host, News/Program Director, and Owner. His periodic scribblings can be found on Substack On Facebook, check out Brian's page along with his 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio page and of course, the Now For Something Completely Different Facebook page. Brian's books can be found on Amazon . Thanks for reading Brian Wilson Writes! This post is public so feel free to share it. Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
It’s our annual Holiday Pod with Special Guest, Richard Arrowood, Award-Winning Grape Stomper and Winemaster! Everything about Best Holiday Wines for Turkey, Prime Rib, Spam, stocking stuffers, 2024 Wines, Trump tariffs, and other issues… Richard Arrowood , iconic winemaster who has been making wine exclusively in Sonoma County for more than for 50 years. From 1974 through 1990, he created the wines for Chateau St. Jean, where he developed some of the first vineyard-designate Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon produced in Sonoma County. He and his wife, Alis, founded Arrowood Winery with the 1985 vintage. Richard was Winemaster at Arrowood Winery until June 2010, when he resigned his position to devote himself full-time to making wines for his estate winery, Amapola Creek Vineyards and Winery. Brian Wilson is a nationally-known radio and television host, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 50 years of experience in media as host, News/Program Director, and Owner. His periodic scribblings can be found on Substack On Facebook, check out Brian's page along with his 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio page and of course, the Now For Something Completely Different Facebook page. Brian's books can be found on Amazon . Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
Encore T.L. Davis! Post-Election Day review and what the future holds. T.L Davis is a writer, blogger, freelance, novelist, filmmaker for Lies of Omission at 12 Round Productions. Via his bio, “The challenges of a writing career are great and at times necessary to be augmented. I don't always augment, but when I do it is in the oil industry.” Brian Wilson is a nationally-known radio and television host, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 50 years experience in media as host, News/Program Director, and Owner. His periodic scribblings can be found on Substack and his website . On Facebook, check out Brian's page along with his 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio page and of course, the Now For Something Completely Different Facebook page. Brian's books can be found on Amazon . Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
Talking this time - a chat with Guest Columnist Brad Smith. Brad Smith opines on Facebook from his rural Michigan home and has a background in military intelligence. Brian Wilson is a nationally-known radio and television host, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 50 years experience in media as host, News/Program Director, and Owner. His periodic scribblings can be found on Substack and his website . On Facebook, check out Brian's page along with his 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio page and of course, the Now For Something Completely Different Facebook page. Brian's books can be found on Amazon . Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thanks for reading Brian Wilson Writes! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
Don Williams joins me on Senate strategy and other MAGA horrors. Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thanks for reading Brian Wilson Writes! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
Brian and Substack's T.L. Davis — Election Day odds T.L Davis is a writer, blogger, freelance, novelist, filmmaker for Lies of Omission at 12 Round Productions. Via his bio, “The challenges of a writing career are great and at times necessary to be augmented. I don't always augment, but when I do it is in the oil industry.” Brian Wilson is a nationally-known radio and television host, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 50 years experience in media as host, News/Program Director, and Owner. His periodic scribblings can be found on Substack and his website . On Facebook, check out Brian's page along with his 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio page and of course, the Now For Something Completely Different Facebook page. Brian's books can be found on Amazon . Thanks for reading Brian Wilson Writes! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Thanks for reading Brian Wilson Writes! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
You won't hear this anywhere else! Brian speaks with Don Williams about free-range election "predictions" and what if...? Don Williams is a conservator, educator, scholar and all-around inquisitive guy, having worked on some of the most interesting objects and historic buildings in our nation's public and private collections. He has developed, managed and presented educational programming on an array of subjects in the fields of conservation, woodworking and wood finishing. Brian Wilson is a nationally-known radio and television host, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 50 years experience in media as host, News/Program Director, and Owner. His periodic scribblings can be found on Substack and his website . On Facebook, check out Brian's page along with his 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio page and of course, the Now For Something Completely Different Facebook page. Brian's books can be found on Amazon . Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
A rare text and audio rendition! Thanks for reading Brian Wilson Writes! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe
Helene, FEMA, and other horrors. The Two and Only return! Brian Wilson and Jim Bovard separate the bull from the crap on this stormy episode. Thanks for reading Brian Wilson Writes! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Thanks for reading Brian Wilson Writes! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
Gouging, Greed and Gripes ‘Tis the Season! Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe
Kamalaflage! Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thanks for reading Brian Wilson Writes! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
Free Range thinking! Brian chats with special guest Don Williams, out behind the barn. Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you for reading Brian Wilson Writes. This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
The Two and Only -- Brian Wilson and James Bovard -- review Biden's drop out snoozer and Kamala's sterling credentials (no laughing). Thank you for reading Brian Wilson Writes. This post is public so feel free to share it. Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
The Two and Only, talk show legend Brian Wilson and best selling scribbler James Bovard, take on Secret Service Incompetence or FBI Non Compos Mentis? A distinction without a difference! Thank you for reading Brian Wilson Writes. This post is public so feel free to share it. James Bovard is the author of eleven books, including his latest, Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty (2023), Attention Deficit Democracy (2006), and Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty (1994). He has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Washington Post, New Republic, Reader's Digest, and many other publications. He is a Libertarian Institute fellow, a member of the USA Today Board of Contributors, a contributing editor for American Conservative, and a frequent contributor to the New York Post, the Future of Freedom Foundation, and other venues. Brian Wilson is a nationally-known radio and television host, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 50 years experience in media as host, News/Program Director, and Owner. His periodic scribblings can be found on Substack and his website . On Facebook, check out Brian's page along with his 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio page and of course, the Now For Something Completely Different Facebook page. Brian's books can be found on Amazon . Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
Just in time! The Two and Only join the fun inside the Logic Free Zone! Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Jim Bovard is a contributor for USA Today and The New York Post and the author of 11 books , including his most recent -- Last Rights, The Death of American Rights . Find out more on his website and follow him on X @JimBovard . Brian Wilson is a nationally-known radio and television host, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 50 years experience in media as host, News/Program Director, and Owner. His periodic scribblings can be found on Substack and his website . On Facebook, check out Brian's page along with his 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio page and of course, the Now For Something Completely Different Facebook page. Brian's books can be found on Amazon . Thank you for reading Brian Wilson Writes. This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
Politics, Sex and Religion - Well, two out of three ain't bad! A chat with Domenic Scarcella, author and host of the Substack blog, " Good Neighbor, Bad Citizen ." Find more about Domenic’s book by the same title here . Brian Wilson is a nationally-known radio and television host, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 50 years experience in media as host, News/Program Director, and Owner. His periodic scribblings can be found on Substack and his website . On Facebook, check out Brian's page along with his 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio page and of course, the Now For Something Completely Different Facebook page. Brian's books can be found on Amazon . Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you for reading Brian Wilson Writes. This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
( Sorry this arrives a tad late. You’ve heard about Gracie?) Trying valiantly to keep up with the good stuff on Substack and other sites and scribblers recommended a dozen articles ago, I came across this passage in a respected writer’s recent piece: “The signals cannot be more clear and yes, I am growing weary of waiting for the nuclear exchange, the EMP attack, the fiscal collapse to address it, even though I know it will take one of these events to spark the revolt. And no, this is not a screed against the government, not the legitimate one, where laws are properly made and followed, especially by the government itself, where justice is a matter of law, where taxes are only used to fund existential and defensive wars, where the offices in Washington DC control only a few peripheral issues. But that is not the government we have, I endorse that one, the one that existed before communists came to operate all levers of power and propaganda.” It’s not that I respectfully disagree with the writer’s endorsement of a previous state of American governance, “the legitimate one”; I can’t comprehend it. It took only 12 years for FedGov to stray from the path of righteous Constitutional order, required as written and sworn to uphold by those administering its daily operation. Some of the same Founding Dads who signed the Declaration supported the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1778. The slow drift away from the principles of governance gradually picked up speed. By the time the War of Northern Aggression broke out, marginalization of the constitutionally restricted FedGov was picking up speed with Lincoln’s foot on the accelerator. Then came Woodrow Wilson (no relation), the Federal Reserve, Income Taxes, the 16th and 17th Amendments. The Constitutional chains binding the FedGov were breaking. Eventually, FDR arrived, and FedGov’s downward trajectory became faster and faster. And now, here we are, just a couple hundred-plus years later, teetering on the precipice every other form of government has faced since every other form of government came. And went. America’s sad state of being notwithstanding, what constitutes a “legitimate government”? Even if most people claim to be the “governed”, what about those who never “consented”? Is there an enforced obligation to obey the ‘rules of government’? If so, how is that Freedom? Who wrote these rules, anyhow? How did “government” come to be a “legitimate” entity with a monopoly on the force required to see to it the rules are obeyed”? “Our elected representatives!” is the standard reply, but that seriously neglects the reality of decades of corrupt government activities by equally corrupt politicians who perverted the system for their own ends. Where did this myth of absolute assumed ‘authority” come from? Couldn’t any group of guys get together somewhere and write their own declaration of independence - from Washington? That would be treason. Says who? Says the guys who wrote the original and then came out with the rules in their Constitution. Romantic revisionist American history aside, it’s what we were taught growing up in various venues for 248 years; a little late to set things straight when it’s been so thoroughly ingrained. Longing for the ‘legitimate government’ that never was only adds to the frustration of pursuing a pragmatic solution. Consider: What is the nature of freedom? It is an unassailable natural claim against all others, including the government. Stated differently, it is your unconditional right to think as you wish, to say what you think, to publish what you say, to associate with whoever wishes to be with you no matter their number, to worship or not, to defend yourself, to own and use property as you see fit, to travel where you wish, to purchase from a willing seller, to be left alone. And to do all this without a government permission slip. What is the nature of government? It is the negation of freedom. Just consider recent headlines. Can the Government break the law in order to enforce it? It even has a name for the practice: Lawfare. Hasn’t this made Government become a law unto itself? That is the death of the Rule of Law. Do you agree with the following quotes? George Washington: “Government is not reason; it is not eloquence-it is force! Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.” “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority, still more when you add the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority.” Lord Acton "That government is best which governs least" Henry David Thoreau. So Government is force, the negation of freedom. The monopoly on Force - Absolute Power – is the lifeblood of Government. It corrupts absolutely, bringing us the thoroughly corrupted manifestation now thriving in Washington, DC, and spreading to the States through various green-mail programs and NGOs with billionaire backing. According to Thoreau, since the best government governs least, no government should be our ideal, not the dream of a ‘legitimate government’ that maintains its monopoly on Force and, despite its best of intentions found in the Declaration, is destined to become just as indecent, anti-freedom and corrupt as the Swamp and Deep State that rules over us today. Should reasonable people really look forward to the arrival of the next new government? Other than Hope, what basis may one use to conclude that “the next one” after the next revolution will be the salvation of mankind? Freedom is the absence of a ruling class. You cannot be free with someone ruling over you; they are complete opposites. Freedom can only be obtained by removing the people claiming to be above you. There is no other way to be free than freeing ourselves from a ruling class. As long as there are people who can dictate what you can and cannot do, you will always be enslaved by them, no matter how many privileges they allow you to have. There is no such thing as a good and righteous ruling class because the very nature of a ruling class over someone is to dominate them. It would be better to work on an alternative. Considering Freedom, constructive guidance comes from Lysander Spooner. “It is self-evident that no number of men, by conspiring and calling themselves a government, can acquire any rights whatever over other men, or other men’s property, which they had not before as individuals. And whenever any number of men, calling themselves a government, do anything to another man or his property, which they had no right to do as individuals, they thereby declare themselves trespassers, robbers, or murderers according to the nature of their acts.” When the time comes, as it surely will, let’s be prepared to construct a better form of government than we have today. Removing the word “government” would be a good start. BW Thanks for reading (or listening) this far. For those who didn’t get my beginning reference to Gracie, I’ll try to post some pics of our 15-week-old English Cream Golden Retriever, currently terrorizing her new home by destroying shoes, furniture and sundry items while managing to position herself in every inconvenient spot available with no regard for potential injury. Not of her, of us ! But she’s a cutie, and too quickly, the “Cute Puppy” phase will be in the scrapbooks and photo albums, and we’ll regret they didn’t last longer – minor injuries and damaged property notwithstanding! Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you for reading Brian Wilson Writes. This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
Buckle up, Liberty Lovers! We're about to take a passionate safari into the cultural killing fields where that most sacred of American idols, the Second Amendment, still stands battle-scarred but defiantly undefeated against the unending onslaught of soul-sculpted statists. No minced words here - that most hallowed provision granting the unassailable right for citizens to stay strapped has been on the Adderall-addled academics' surgical table for an autopsy more times than Jeffery Dahmer's icebox. From the pathologically Centrist "common sense" cowards all the way over to the authoritarian left's rainbow-haired Bolshevik-lings...they've all taken their whacks at trying to gaslight the proverbial buffalo into placid submission. But not on our watch, Rambos! We don't just pay lip service to ‘cold dead hands’ and Molon Labe decals - that unnegotiable self-reliance mantra pumps through our veins hotter than a recently cycled AP5 barrel. The individually conscious among us intuitively grasp this primordial truth - any notion of hard-won freedom starts first...and foremost...with the inherent right of armed self-preservation against all potential depredations. Our Crayola-brained colleagues might whine about hypothetical "well-regulated militia" stipulations until their gender studies diplomas turn blue. However, that semantic squabble disregards the core tenet which deposited 1776's revolutionary well-digger's ass directly onto Concord's hallowed acreage in the first place. Where institutional authorities overextended their capricious tentacles, the quintessential American spirit would inevitably arise to reciprocally administer a mandatory re-education program...usually by way of mandated lead poisoning therapy. The Founding Dads weren't just rebelling against King George's taxing tantrums - they were throwing world-historical shade at the entire cancerous concept of despotic rulers lording over souls never meant to be governed. “All men created” equal, yadda yadda yadda...so the story goes. True Liberty isn't some ripe fruit dangling from a democratic tree; it flows through our very DNA as the blind force animating all life in this crazy cosmos. So these radicals free-birthed a nation premised on constantly testing the limits of that foundational truth. And their experiment was simplicity itself: take a fractious cluster of territorial pissants, hand them the modern world's most disruptive technologies, and remind them in no uncertain brimstonian terms that any roving tax-farmer who came collecting too much coinage risked the very literal lead shower curtain. Constitutional crisis, meet hot lead Affirmatrix. Fast-forward a couple of hard-fought centuries, and that timeless liberty quintessence still courses through our nation's bedrock every bit as robustly as it did when the first pearled crowd-courter caught a hand-crafted musket ball from a wised-up Son of Liberty's Brown Bess. We don't simply retain this immutable self-defense doctrine as some archaic abstract any more than we reflexively phone a Harvard president for ethical perspective. This philosophical life raft remains as compulsory to our civilized equilibrium as low earth orbit's inescapable gravitational influence. Because firmly planted in their heart of hearts, they knew the impenetrable truth - our most fundamental liberties have always coexisted with the most primal human capability to lock, load, and say "No &@$*in' more, Jack" to any would-be oligarch lacking a proper sense of humility. Tom Paine may have penned the verbal ammo, but Sam Colt's actual sermons landed with far more immediate velocity. At the end of every freshly blazed theoretical trail...as sure as those winter sunsets glinting ruby-red off the frosted Berkshire pines...stands cold, undeniable pragmatism. A need as immutable as the poor poet's hunger. The incorrigible prepper's obsession. Curbside sanity's final salvo against the onslaught of encroaching philosophical chaos. You can call it Maslow's hierarchy, the will to survive, mankind's primal instinct - whatever semantic flourish conveniently facilitates your psychological dissonance. Just ask the Redcoats who kept rudely questioning these colonists’ asserted right to purchase high-capacity muskets on a Tuesday. They ended horizontal at a little local opera called "The Eight Worldly Winds" - or as we refer to it here in the Cradle of Persevered Liberty: Concord's Lively Bridge Party. The Lobsterbacks learned the hard-crenelated way that day - revering the Second Amendment isn't about deer jerky and duck blinds. It's a periscope peer review of one's concept of selfhood and expresses renunciation of the sutured self-mutilation required to perceive one's relation to power through the diseased liberal lenses. At the end of the Socratic circumnavigation, all trails merge into the final applicable maxim...the common sense citizens' endowment that hardens our latent survival instincts into a philosophical palisade safeguarding every other individual indulgence. You want to keep respiring and propagating, don't you? Then arm those neural pathways accordingly! It's the last existential perimeter around our self-determination...and we don't need no stinkin' dissertation to keep reaffirming its propriety. We were born into a heritage honoring only the most robustly centered individualities articulated by our Founding Dads who had the pamphleteered cojones to go full-immersive into History's smeltery furnace, quivering with individually actualized potential. So reload that philosophical lodestar, my erudite logistical Rambos! Re-temper those mind's eye crosshairs. Socratic trailblazers like us never lose the highroads while plumb lines stay taut. Because it isn't about embossing political philosophies or manifesting ideological statecraft...it's about the retained self-sovereignty to entertain such privileges in their proper dioramas. Let those tenured charlatans and butt munchers keep proselytizing their reductive social theories into an endless rhetorical abyss. Make sure your cognitive powder's always dry enough to uphold rectitudinous primacies! For the audibly impatient, the short version is: stay locked, stay loaded, and maintain situational awareness. The Second Amendment has your back. Remember, Freedom cannot exist without the healthy exercise of individual responsibility. Failure to do so will always result in the Government making decisions for you. Thanks. Please hold your applause. Oh. You were holding your applause. Thanks for listening. Or reading. Or just not dozing off. If you’d like a copy of the speech, suitable for framing, training puppies, or gift-wrapping fish, feel free to Print away! Or forward it to your favorite anti-gun fanatic! Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you for reading Brian Wilson Writes. This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
If you always believed Economics was the “dismal science,” you’re in for a necessary and pleasant surprise. Understanding America’s tenuous financial and economic state of affairs was never more important. When you’re $35 trillion in debt, you better be paying attention—with comprehension and solid information. Tom gives a perfect overview of the Mises Institute, economics, and why both are vitally important to us right now. Below are links to the books and authors we discussed. Economics in One Lesson (Henry Hazlitt) What Has the Government Done to Our Money – (Murray Rothbard - FREE!) The Law – (Frederick Bastiat) How Capitalism Saved America (Tom DiLorenzo) Road to Serfdom (F.A. Hayek) The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics (Tom DiLorenzo) Thomas DiLorenzo is president of the Mises Institute . He is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln ; How Capitalism Saved America ; Lincoln Unmasked ; Hamilton’s Curse ; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government ; The Problem with Socialism ; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics . Brian Wilson is a nationally-known radio and television host, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 50 years experience in media as host, News/Program Director, and Owner. His periodic scribblings can be found on Substack and his website . On Facebook, check out Brian's page along with his 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio page and of course, the Now For Something Completely Different Facebook page. Brian's books can be found on Amazon . Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you for reading Brian Wilson Writes. This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
Don Williams returns for another look at what's coming our way! Remember, you must be THIS tall to listen! Don Williams is a conservator, educator, scholar and all-around inquisitive guy, having worked on some of the most interesting objects and historic buildings in our nation's public and private collections. He has developed, managed and presented educational programming on an array of subjects in the fields of conservation, woodworking and wood finishing. Brian Wilson is a nationally-known radio and television host, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 50 years experience in media as host, News/Program Director, and Owner. His periodic scribblings can be found on Substack and his website . On Facebook, check out Brian's page along with his 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio page and of course, the Now For Something Completely Different Facebook page. Brian's books can be found on Amazon . Brian Wilson Writes is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you for reading Brian Wilson Writes. This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Brian Wilson Writes at brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/subscribe…
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