Comparing Revolutions: Xi Jinping versus Mao Zedong

Xi Jinping is orchestrating a deliberate, decade-long, multi-domain campaign of ideological and political reconsolidation that draws conscious inspiration from Mao Zedong’s methods while adapting them to a modern surveillance state. The comparison is imperfect but illuminating, and the trend lines are unmistakably moving in one direction — tighter, deeper, and more permanent — while obfuscating its harsh effects on the victims from scrutiny.

How To Start an American Color Revolution

Thomas Jefferson said the Liberty Tree needed to be watered with the blood of patriots every 20 years. Pass on that, even though the Bolsheviks push towards violence. We should fight only when there’s no other way to stay free of Human Secularist Totalitarianism or Islamist Totalitarianism. A “color” revolution is non-violent change of government which captures the culture as well.

Highlights of the week with Don Surber

Don Surber takes us through the most impactful news items of the week in a manner only he can. You’ll see the media for what it is and uncover the truth behind the packaging. Enjoy!

The CMP: America’s Quiet National-Security Insurance Policy

The Civilian Marksmanship Program is more than a shooting organization. It is a self-funded national-security asset that preserves firearms safety, competitive marksmanship, and a reserve of civilian expertise. During the Iraq War, CMP volunteers even traveled to military installations such as Fort Campbell to help the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit train deploying soldiers as Squad Designated Marksmen. What looks like recreation on Saturday can become battlefield capability when the nation needs it.

The Hunter’s Paradox: More Hunters, Fewer Hurdles… But at What Cost?

**The Hunter’s Paradox:** We want more hunters, so we remove barriers. More online classes. More convenience. More participation. But when the tool in your hands is capable of taking a life, is convenience always the right answer? As a Hunter Education instructor and retired Army officer, I believe knowledge can come from a computer—but safe gun handling must be passed from one human being to another. The future of hunting depends on growing our ranks without compromising the traditions and safety that built them.

You in a heap o’ trouble, girl!

There’s a popular internet meme that we used to think a lack of information made people stupid, but nope, it wasn’t that! We have a wealth of information at our fingertips, but stupid people are still stupid. Public school teachers are supposed to be educated, with at least a baccalaureate degree, and frequently an expectation …

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Introduction to Business 101: Golf with THE Chuck: The Barrett Jackson Edition

For thousands of enthusiasts who made their way to Columbus, Ohio, the weekend of June 25 through 27, 2026, was one of those rare occasions when passion takes the wheel. While golfers elsewhere chased pars and markets chased quarterly numbers, Barrett-Jackson hosted its inaugural collector car auction in the Midwest at the Ohio Expo Center & State Fairgrounds.

Three days of roaring engines, vintage muscle, modern supercars, vendor villages, and manufacturer experiences reminded everyone present that this country still knows how to build dreams that roll on four wheels.

The Death of Shop Class: America Can Code an App… But Can’t Fix a Lawn Mower

Can America’s newest graduates explain the difference between a two-stroke and a four-stroke engine? Probably not—and that’s the point. Somewhere along the way, we traded shop class for screen time and mechanical know-how for digital convenience. This isn’t really about lawn mowers or chainsaws. It’s about what happens when a society can build apps but struggles to understand the machines that keep the lights on, the food growing, and the country moving. Maybe it’s time to ask whether practical knowledge still deserves a place in a modern education.

Canucks can get Trump Derangement Syndrome, too!

Our great neighbor to the north is a virtual paradise, or so they would have us believe. Free health care, though you have to wait in months-long lines, strict gun control, way better airports than some of the ones Americans have, Air Canada rather than Delta or United, beautiful, wide-open vistas, across their frozen fruited …

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The All-Important Mid-Terms Clarify: It’s The Sliding Leftward Democrats (?) Against The Increasingly Reticent To Lead Republicans Part 2

The irony is not lost on any thinking human being with two brain cells and a pulse. Ten years of ranting, railing at the moon, gnashing of teeth calling that Bad Orange Man a fascist-Nazi-ginning up no king’s day sentiments, all made up propaganda that was easily overlooked when faced with actual evidence that a candidate exemplified those attributes and traits