Whether it is transgenderism taught in elementary school classrooms or lessons that teach some students they are inherently oppressed and others that they are inherently racist and oppressors, our current treatment of children is stealing from them any sense of true childhood and exposing them to ideas that will serve only to harm them mentally and physically.  This episode discusses some of these issues and the steps some lawmakers are finally taking to restore the rights of parents when it comes to the education of their children.

As the podcast returns to discussing current events, after several weeks of taking some steps through history to remind us where we have been as a civilization, it appears that today's issues are becoming more and more ridiculous and unbelievable.  From a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion to Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter and the creation of a Disinformation Governance Board in an agency of the federal government of the United States, there appears to be now, more than ever, a need to return society to civil discourse of today's issues.  But civil discourse and public debate requires more, not less, access to information.

As World War II comes to a close, the world sees two Superpowers and two distinct societal, economic, and governmental philosophies battle for supremacy around the globe.  The winner would be on the side of freedom but the Cold War would not be fought without cost and it appears its resolution would not end the continuing fight between freedom and totalitarianism, between capitalism and communism, and between east and west.

This episode continues the multi-part series briefly summarizing the history of western civilization with a focus on the unique place in history held by the United States of America.  Consisting of discussion of several key conflicts in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, this episode will touch on America's founding, the Civil War, and the rise in American influence through World Wars I and II.

From Ancient Greece and Rome to the Middle Ages, the Crusades and the periods of Absolutism, Enlightenment, and Renaissance, this episode hits some high points in our history to help us appreciate how far man has come, what we should have learned from prior civilizations and why knowledge of history is imperative for future success of our nation and of society itself.

This episode discusses the lack of historical understanding of so many of our citizens and the risk to the future posed when a society begins rewriting or ignoring its full history.  From policy to culture, history informs us where we came from, where we have been, and instructs how to move forward in the future using all we have learned.

This episode discusses the oil and gas energy generally to better understand what products are included within that industry and then explores the various factors that affect the prices of gasoline and other end products. Included in this discussion is how government policies can and have caused an increase in costs, such that the additional strain from the Russia-Ukraine conflict is literally adding more fuel to the fire on exploding gas prices. Where renewable energy sources are not yet at a point where they can provide our energy needs in the near term, we must consider how to allow cost-effective fossil fuel extraction and refinement to satisfy are current needs without unnecessarily high costs, costs that most often harming the poorest among us.

This episodes revisits the issues surrounding Russia's now invasion into the nation of Ukraine.  It identifies some of the issues facing the West, and the United States specifically, and some of the security risks posed by Vladimir Putin's actions and apparent goals in entering Ukraine.  As things are constantly changing with this situation, a follow-up episode will almost certainly be necessary as the world struggles day-to-day with how to address this unacceptable aggression by Russia.

This episode again considers the various government actions taken to combat Covid-19 to highlight how much we were willing to give up so easily with little scientific or legal basis.  The policy of our government - and many others - was driven too much by fear and not enough by proper consideration of the protection of freedom whenever taking actions aimed at providing security or safety.

In this episode, the history of presidential succession laws and the reasons behind and potential use of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution form the framework to discuss the serious issue of what happens when a sitting President appears unable to perform the duties and obligations of the office of the leader of the free world.