By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  November 30th at 01:42 AM  | 

In the 2002 movie “Signs,” Colleen Hess gave her youngest son Merrill a cryptic, deathbed command to “swing away.”  Only years later, with his own life at risk, did Merrill understand what this meant.  With confidence, Merrill “swung away.”  The challenge was unclear, but it was was large and right in front of him, and Merrill could not and did not miss.  Merrill “swung away” with | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  April 24th at 05:53 PM  | 

I appreciate the invitation to speak from Jeff Caldwell, the 3rd District coordinator for the Kansas Libertarian Party.  This month at the Blue Valley Library at 151st St. and Antioch, Amanda Grosserode and I spoke at the Libertarian Party’s monthly meeting.  Here is a 10-minute edited version of my speech, in which I address the libertarian roots of conservatism (and Republicanism), the non-libertarian actions of | Read More »