Rob Reiner had talent. Real talent. Once upon a time, he made people laugh instead of lecturing them. That version of Rob Reiner was worth celebrating. Then he became angry. Loudly angry. Permanently angry. For ten straight years, his public identity narrowed to one obsession. Smear Trump. Repeat. Reload. Do it again tomorrow. It wasn’t clever. It wasn’t brave. It was tedious. And eventually, it poisoned the well. When the ranting began, I stopped watching. Not out of protest. Out of exhaustion. America treated Rob Reiner extraordinarily well. He lived the dream most people never touch. And yet he spoke as if the country had personally wronged him. That kind of bitterness is hard to sell as moral clarity. The phrase “shut up and sing” was never about silencing anyone. It was a warning. If you turn art into scolding, the applause will stop. Reiner ignored that warning. He was wealthy enough to ignore it. I don’t mourn his death. That doesn’t make me heartless. It makes me hon...

Nick Reiner’s name detonated into public consciousness overnight. Police allege he stabbed his parents, Rob Reiner and Michelle Singer Reiner, to death. Investigators say the forensic evidence is heavy and unavoidable, including substantial blood evidence was recovered. Attention quickly turned to who would defend a young man now facing the full weight of a California murder prosecution. Many were surprised when attorney, Alan Jackson appeared on his behalf.  Jackson is no rookie. He is a longtime criminal defense attorney and a former Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney. His résumé includes prosecuting one of the most notorious homicide cases in modern history: the Phil Spector trials. After an initial mistrial and a retrial, Spector was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson. Despite defense claims involving suicide or negligent handling of Spector’s Colt revolver, Spector was sentenced to prison, where he later died. Alan Jackson does not come cheap. As of now, the...

You think everything is fine. You believe your hearing is normal. But people speak to you from the next room with their back turned and you miss it completely. Your spouse accuses you of selective hearing. You swear they never said that. The truth is harsher. Your brain has been quietly lying to you. You are not hearing entire words or sentences, and your brain fills in the gaps without asking permission. You feel normal. You are not. For me, it happened fast. After a short airplane flight, my hearing collapsed. Within days, I was stone deaf. Panic set in. I ran to doctors. An ear, nose, and throat specialist told me it was Eustachian Tube Dysfunction. Temporary, he said. Give it a month. You will be fine. I believed him and exhaled. A month passed. Nothing. I tested my hearing every day. Clapping. Voices. Telephones. Silence. I could not even use the phone. One month became seven. Seven months of isolation, fear, and professional damage. When sound finally returned, it was a cruel tri...

Government loves a good fairy tale, and the 911 system is their crown jewel. They never shut up about it. Slick brochures, patriotic commercials, smiling dispatchers wearing headsets. “Just call 911,” they tell you, as if that phrase itself were some sacred incantation that bends time and space. Here is the harsh truth. 911 is not a force field. It is a phone call. The best it can do is send people who are not there yet and will not be there when you actually need them. By the time they arrive, the stabbing is over, the fire is roaring, and the body is cooling. There is exactly one person guaranteed to be on-scene at the critical moment. You. Government hates that reality, because it ruins their favorite fantasy where you are a helpless dependent and they are the noble saviors. People call 911 because they need men with guns to stop monsters, and men with training to keep people alive and put out fires. That is fine, as long as you understand those men are incoming, not present. You ar...

Please stop pretending. New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) is the law of the land. Not a suggestion. Not a political theory. Actual constitutional law. Meanwhile, in every big blue city, criminals roam like VIPs with lifetime memberships to the court system. Page after page of arrests. Case after case dismissed. Crime stacked on crime like frequent flyer miles. Accountability has left the building. So normal people finally wake up and say, “Maybe I should defend myself.” And what do they buy? Tiny, cheap pistols because that is what the culture told them to do. Then reality hits. Pistols are hard. They demand discipline, training, and real skill. Without those, a handgun becomes a noisemaker with anxiety attached. And that is when the political class starts shaking at the knees over the AR-15. Never forget the lives of you and your loved ones are much more important than the dictates of rogue politicians in the blue states. Here is the truth...