RockneCAST

Duh. See above. I predict Douglas Murray replaces Tucker.

In this episode, the departing Mad Men, Tucker and Don.  You

I don’t discuss the why they were fired. Instead, I focus on the more important issue of how they debated political issues and the modern Left’s

I also do a deeper dive into the tipping point reason as to why Lemon was fired: his discussion with presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy about Reconstruction Civil Rights laws and the right to bear arms.  It provides a near perfect example of the dysfunctional and ineffective debating techniques of Left.

Et tu New York Times? Et tu?

Did the New York Times merely publish first the name of Jack Teixeira after the Government was already going to arrest him?

Or did it reveal his identity to the Government?

Did it plug the leak?

In this episode, I explore whether the New York Times worked too closely with the US Government and thereby betrayed basic journalism standards.

For more information, listen to the BBC interview of a New York Times Reporter on its investigation.

In this episode, I discuss Jack Teixeira, the identified source for classified military and diplomatic records.

Is he a hero or traitor?

In this episode, I discuss: Pentagon Papers leaker, Daniel Ellsberg; the Vietnam War and the Ukraine; the pending hot war between Russia and United States; whether the documents should have been secret in the first place; and yes, I answer whether Teixeira is hero, traitor, or just a dude gamer.

I have been a registered Republican for about a year now and am coming out of the closet. This episode explains why...

I also explain more about why I am going to be doing more political podcasts.

I still love Malcolm Gladwell as a writer, and will continue to buy his books. He is fantastic at his craft, but this debate showed his absolute weakness as a debater and why so many people can't stand and don't trust weak kneed liberals. Instead of arguing facts, they insult, misrepresent and humiliate.

This is not about the debate topic, but how Murray and Taibbi crushed Gladwell and Goldberg. It was a virtuoso performance by Murray and Taibbi, but this is more about how and why Gladwell lost. This is a master class in how to lose a debate, and a textbook example of techniques that so many so called progressives use on campus and in the public realm.

Whoa, every single high school and college debating class should watch the debate. This was a fun one to do!! I'll be doing more on politics!!!

Just watched the Ken Burns PBS documentary on Ernest Hemingway. In this episode, I cover the book that started it all, WH Hudson's "Purple Land", carpe diem, Robin Williams, Joseph Cambell, following your bliss, and Hemingway's great breakout novel, The Sun Also Rises.

All topics relate back to the big kahuna: Ernest Hemingway.

This is first episode, post-reset of the theme for the RockneCast: A podcast for men of all ages and the women who love them.

Whoa just heard the most life changing Bible verses this morning at church. 

 It's on the glory of suffering.

And yes, it is incredibly good news.   In this episode, I explain why.

Just watched Kinnick - The Documentary by Iowa filmmaker, Scott Siepker, the Iowa Nice Guy.  

Kinnick remains the University of Iowa's only Heisman Trophy winner.  He is one of the most famous and well known Iowans.  

In this episode, I focus on my three favorite aspects of the Documentary: the poem Excelsior,  his Heisman Trophy speech, and what made Nile Kinnick such an inspiring Iowa figure.

Loved the documentary.  Go see it!!

At 48, I have finally read the book Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger.  

For whatever reason, it did not make it into my high school reading list and so I finally have remedied that.

In this episode, I address whether it should be banned from high school and college reading list.  

I cover the book, pain, offer a word, and an excellent journal article.

Loved doing this episode!!