Upon reflection, I've decided my last post was, as my mother might have described it, "entirely too" negative. I listed all the "have nots" and "do nots" with no nods to the positive courses of action open to all of us. More specifically, I never mentioned all the proactive steps I have taken to do something about the societal rot chewing out our national foundations.
No doubt each of you has your own thoughts on how to get onboard in fighting back against the totalitarian tides flooding our country. I encourage all of us to keep thinking of new ways to continue battling our way out of the mess we're in.
Two years ago, I joined PragerU as a supporting member. I look forward to his half-hour "Fireside Chat" each week. The Prager website is loaded with quality content of all kinds, from 5-minute videos, to lectures, to children's shows. One can view all of it for free, but Dennis makes so much sense that I'm putting my dollars where his mouth is. Membership in PragerU is monthly money well spent.
After Elon Musk purchased Twitter, I reactivated my account; it had been dormant for many years. Supporting a free speech advocate and a social warrior for our nation's foundational values is an easy, positive move every civic-minded American can make.
For at least ten years, I've been checking the RealClearPolitics website daily. There aren't enough hours in the day to read all of its content. But there are enough high-traffic articles from various publications and interviews to provide an overview from both left and right perspectives. It's still important--perhaps now more than ever--to know what those people who disagree with me are thinking and doing.
In place of the Fox News app, I've added NewsMax to my phone's home screen. NewsMax is growing in its reach and popularity. I've always been an occasional visitor to the NewsMax site, but after the Tucker Carlson debacle at Fox, I'm there far more often. Since last year, I follow Jordan Peterson on Instagram.
Podcasts are another medium we can support to further the reach and influence of free speech. The past few years I've been a dedicated listener to Victor Davis Hanson (my favorite), various Salem News Channel hosts, Byron York, and Townhall Review. I've recently added Megyn Kelly to my regular roster, with occasional visits to Dave Rubin and Glenn Beck's podcasts depending on the topics. There are so many others that are worthwhile, but there is only so much time available in a day. Each of us can find our own cache of podcasters to tune in to find reliable news commentary and analysis.
If you're a Netflix subscriber, you know that there are a lot of trash offerings on the site. One can spend almost as much time searching for a decent Netflix show to watch as it takes to actually view it. On a few recent weekends, I've given up on Netflix and rewatched one of my own DVDs (yes, I still have them and won't give them up).
Then I remembered the recommendations of several friends that I should watch The Chosen, a dramatized story of Jesus Christ and his ministry. Last week, after a fruitless Netflix search for a Friday night movie, I searched The Chosen online and learned that it was crowd funded by Angel Studios.com and is free to watch. I downloaded the Angel Studios site just to check out the first episode; I have been binge watching The Chosen ever since. When I'm done with Season 3, (probably tonight), I'll have more to report on this remarkable series. Suffice for now to say that all the rave reviews I've heard are well deserved. It's a quality production that is as far from trash as one can get in this depraved moment in time. I believe that any show promoting our traditional values should be supported--especially if it's excellent, as The Chosen is.
Those are some examples of how I'm trying to hold my own against the current authoritarian tide. Each of us who is concerned for our country will find our own ways to get onboard. It's just good to know that we're not alone in the struggle.
