Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
David T. Cloft 
The Engineered Collapse of Free Speech: 25 Years of the Overton Window, is a 3-part series where Dave Cloft examines free speech issues within the Overton Windo paradigm. Today, Part 1, The Overton Window and the Battle for the Mind.
At its core, Babel was humanity’s declaration of independence from God. It was the arrogance of saying, “We don’t need Him. We’ll ascend on our own.”
In April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was gunned down in Memphis. His death was not random. It was not the product of chance. It was the deliberate silencing of a man who dared to challenge power, expose lies, and stand firm for truth.
Every empire faces a choice after its moment of reckoning. Rome fell not from the barbarians at the gates, but from decay within—corruption, luxury, and moral collapse. America now stands in the same valley of decision.
From a purely tactical standpoint, the September 11th attacks were devastating. But from a psychological warfare perspective, they were almost surgical in their symbolism. Striking America’s tallest towers and its military headquarters was not just about destruction—it was about message.
Twenty-four years have passed since September 11, 2001, yet the memory remains sharp in our hearts.
The deliberate murder of Charlie Kirk is not just the silencing of a man; it is the symptom of a nation collapsing under the weight of its own corruption. The tool used doesn’t matter — whether it was a bullet, a blade, or a clenched fist. What matters is the evil festering inside human hearts. …
As an ORSA math geek, I was the Army’s personal calculator monkey. My job? Crunch the ROI on our advertising campaigns. Translation: I figured out if dropping $62+ million a year on slapping Army logos onto NASCAR stock cars was actually convincing anyone to trade their Budweiser for a Beretta.
Remember the $200 tax in 1934? That’s roughly $4,822 today. Imagine being told you have the right to defend yourself, but first, cough up five grand to the government—or don’t even bother. That wasn’t a minor inconvenience; that was a full-blown economic veto on liberty.
Apparently the brainstorm du jour is to rebrand the Department of Defense back to the Department of War. Cute. Retro chic. What’s next — reviving the draft with bell bottoms?
In outdoor survival training, there’s a simple guide that students learn early on: the Rule of Threes.
It is often said that Ayn Rand wrote not with a pen or a typewriter, but more likely, a sledgehammer. Still and all, Dave Cloft walks us through someof her concepts from Atlas shrugged that are still apt today.
Since the All-Volunteer Force started in 1973, the Army decided the best way to fill ranks was… marketing. Not rigorous recruiting, not showing the realities of military life
I didn’t like the year-round model at first. It sucks going back a month earlier than the government schools (yes, government schools—let’s stop pretending they’re anything else). But after living it, I can tell you the payoff is real.
By WWI, the Allies were in a strange position: the British were firing .311-inch .303, the Americans .308-inch .30-06. Same side, different bullets.
Remember 1994? Ebola. Marburg. Deadly hemorrhagic fevers that liquefy organs, ooze blood from every orifice, and generally make a bad day look like a picnic.
Why the New .277 Fury May Be the Greatest Logistical Disaster Since the MRE Omelet The U.S. Army is rolling out its first major service rifle redesign since 1965—yes, you read that right. The M16/M4 platform has been around longer than disco, and just like disco, it still works surprisingly well if you know how …
Everyone wants a neat, clean solution to mass shootings. But here’s the uncomfortably simple truth nobody wants to say out loud: the real problem isn’t hardware—it’s heartware.
If Part 1 showed how moral relativism erodes dignity, Part 2 is about what happens when that erosion finally shows itself in blood.
Moral relativism says there’s no absolute right or wrong. That humans, just like cockroaches, are accidents of the cosmos. That life itself has no intrinsic value.