2022 January 19 The Bryan Hyde Show

<p>One good thing about difficult times is that we all learn a degree of resiliency by going through them. James Howard Kunstler has a tough but thorough analysis what we're facing and says it's <a href="https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/01/james-howard-kunstler/no-time-for-crybabies/" target="_blank"><strong>no time for crybabies</strong></a>.</p> <p>This may not be a popular sentiment but a lot of the people with a perpetual sense of being offended are actually looking for reasons to be offended. <a href="https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/16562" target="_blank"><strong>Thomas L. Knapp has some great advice about pockets, legs and polarization</strong></a> and how politics thrives on being offended.</p> <p>Is it possible that politics (democracy) is dead? <a href="https://www.oftwominds.com/blogjan22/politics-dead1-22.html" target="_blank"><strong>Charles Hugh Smith says it's not only dead but also explains exactly what killed it</strong></a>.</p> <p>There are a few writers out there that really make it worth your time to spend a while reading their work. Margaret Anna Alice is one of them. Her <a href="https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-a-governing-body" target="_blank"><strong>Letter to a Governing Body</strong></a> is a terrific summary of what has been done to us and why it was wrong.</p> <p>If you're going to be the kind of person who will stand for something, you better get comfortable with the disapproval of others. <a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/so_you_think_you_are_resisting.html" target="_blank"><strong>Matt Rowe points out that many people who think they're resisting are really just virtue signaling</strong></a>. Real resistance carries real risk.</p> <p>If you want to be a disciple of liberty, the writings of Frederic Bastiat are a remarkable resource. <a href="https://www.aier.org/article/even-bastiats-correspondence-shows-his-love-of-liberty/" target="_blank"><strong>Gary M. Galles explains how even Bastiat's correspondence shows his love of liberty</stron