Where Liberty Dwells

Tom Jacobs is a practicing architect in Chicago. A politically minded person and self-described progressive, he and discuss how conservatives and progressives view the world differently in today's America. We have plenty to disagree on and an encouraging amount of agreement as well.

Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential elections and will become the 47th president of the United States. I give you my take on the election and the social media overload that has followed.

I explore the causes for the trend of violent mass shootings in America and what the proposed solutions are.

In this installment of Where Liberty Dwells I had the pleasure of speaking with architect and professor Tom Jacobs. Tom and I discuss the precarious state of American democratic values, how we got here and where to go now.

This podcast features my opinions on the recent supreme court cases about concealed carry and abortions.

In this welcome back installment of Where Liberty Dwells I explore the erosion of American Values.

***The trump quote comes from a recorded phone conversation between former president Trump and John Daly.

After just a couple days in class this semester, I realized just how bad things have become on campus. Also, the situation in Afghanistan is abhorrent and President Biden and his administration is to blame.

On July 29th, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign chancellor, Robert Jones, sent out an email dictating that as of the following day every person, regardless of vaccine status, would need to resume wearing masks inside university buildings. I'll break down why this policy is not based in scientific data and is more about control.

The massively popular social media platform TikTok has become a parasitic addiction to children and adults alike, all with the looming threat of the Chinese government petitioning for data on hundreds of millions of users.

The nation is a mere four months into Biden's administration and he has already provided mass inflation, an underperforming labor market and terrible handling of the recent Israeli Palestinian conflict. Meanwhile the media try to cover up his already apparent failures.