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Fred
Dec 30, 20221 min read
I Like Tom Green
As I wind Beacon of Speech down for the year, I came across this sparse video of Tom Green in Monument Valley, Arizona: Nice...
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Fred
Dec 29, 20222 min read
Meghan Markle Groupies Don't Get It
2 days ago, Politico published this VERY accurate piece: 2022 is the Year We All Finally Got Tired of Narcissists Politico's Group of...
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Fred
Dec 27, 20222 min read
Shitty Shehbaz Sharif -or- Shitty, Shitty, Pakistan
I was doing some website maintenance and revisited my article Shitty Pakistan. Long story short, I took a run at the Pakistani Government...
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Fred
Dec 24, 20226 min read
American Libertarians are the Enemies of Freedom
Well, except for me, of course. But then again, we are free speech ideologues here, we are not true Libertarians. We simply lean in that...
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Fred
Dec 21, 20223 min read
Morally Offensive
My late-Grandmother used to work at Cleveland's Catholic Universe Bulletin. The Universe Bulletin was a Catholic newspaper that was...
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Fred
Dec 19, 20222 min read
In Defense of Father Frank
So today I was at the Daily Mail and there was a story about Catholic Priest Frank Pavone being laicized. I read, then re-read, the story...
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Fred
Dec 18, 20223 min read
CNN is Late to the Free Speech Party
In the Spring, CNN's Peniel E Joseph rolled out with this quote at CNN: "Conservatives who are defending Rogan with cries of free speech...
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Fred
Dec 16, 20222 min read
Just a Lawyer Away from Success
In the year 2018, I entered to win a Pulitzer as a lark. It was an excuse to write about the Pulitzers from an inside perspective and I...
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Fred
Dec 14, 20222 min read
If you pried open Prince Harry's skull, I guarantee you that you'd find Shit for Brains.
I was going to name the article: Prince Harry has got to be the least talented, most oblivious dullard that has ever been ingrained in...
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Fred
Dec 14, 20222 min read
Curiosities in Grant Wahl's Death
Just a reminder: Grant Wahl was not covering soccer in Florida when he died, he was covering soccer in Qatar, the richest country in the...
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Fred
Dec 12, 202211 min read
50 Worst Decisions in Music History -or- How Can Rolling Stone Be Wrong All the Time?
Last week, Rolling Stone rolled out with the 50 Worst Decisions in Music History. The article was written by another nondescript guy in...
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Fred
Dec 6, 20222 min read
Unlucky Emmie Allen
I turned on the Women's Soccer College Cup just after halftime and North Carolina was up 1-0. Because it was a National Championship...
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Fred
Dec 4, 20224 min read
2026 Looks Bright For the USMNT
At the end of 2017, I was livid. The USMNT crashed out of World Cup qualifying by losing to lowly Trinidad and Tobago. The Americans...
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Fred
Dec 3, 20221 min read
Did Putin Really Poop His Pants?
I was scrolling through Google News and came across a story about Vladimir Putin: Putin fell down the steps, bruised his coccyx, and...
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Fred
Dec 2, 20223 min read
Qatar Sucks
Well, let me elaborate, their soccer team sucks. As things quickly go sideways here at Beacon of Speech, let me remind you that Jim Rome...
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Fred
Dec 1, 20221 min read
方斌
During the first week of February in the year 2020, Chinese Citizen-Journalist Fang Bin documented the first waves of the Covid Crisis in...
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Fred
Nov 28, 20223 min read
Lizzo has a Vision Problem
According to Music Diva Lizzo: Pop Music "Genre's Racist Inherently"- What the hell is she talking about? Lizzo is 34 years old, her...
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Fred
Nov 26, 20221 min read
Prince Harry: Scam Artist
Before the Beacon of Speech Blog, my first professional writing effort was a self published e-book called American Suicide. I was paid no...
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Fred
Nov 26, 20223 min read
I am Going to Dig up Joseph Pulitzer and Fight his Maggot Riddled Corpse
What is the biggest problem in America today? You and I may or not agree with one another, but let me tell you what's NOT the biggest...
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Fred
Nov 24, 20223 min read
Supporting the Gun Armband
Let me lay out a hypothetical situation for you: What if Donald Trump won the election in the year 2020? (He didn't, but hear me out.) As...
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Fred
Nov 23, 20222 min read
The "Great Filter" Isn't Science - It's Political Garbage
I came across two stories about "The Great Filter" this weekend: NASA Scientists Present Theory About Why We Haven't Met Other...
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Fred
Nov 20, 20223 min read
NFL - A Bunch of G--Damn Pansies
Editor's Note: I'm glad I'm my own editor. You know when the NFL should cancel games? When the President is shot. (The NFL played on when...
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Fred
Nov 17, 20223 min read
Qatar Will Pay - On the Soccer Field
When I was a young soccer coach, my U-11 travel team was in the lowest division of 3 in the Southwest Cleveland Suburbs. At the end of...
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Fred
Nov 14, 20221 min read
Wayne Static - Surprisingly Prolific in Death
8 years ago this week, Wayne Static "surprisingly" passed away just days from his 50th Birthday. Why the quotations? Well, supposedly he...
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