Archive - Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane

July 4, 1776 and July 4, 2025

On the Declaration of Independence and America

Jul 4 •

June 2025

Further Thoughts on The Ad Council's Gun Violence Prevention Campaign

Everything I told the Washington Post Creative Group

Jun 7 •

Let's Agree to Agree to Prevent Gun Violence

A public service campaign by the Ad Council and Washington Post

Jun 6 •

May 2025

What Do The Masters, Disney World, and the NRA Annual Meeting Have in Common?

They are three of the happiest places I've been

May 31 •

Why the NRA Has to Align with Republicans

But can and should avoid buying into MAGA

May 9 •

President Donald Trump at the 2025 National Rifle Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta

First of a Two-Part Series on the NRA + MAGA

May 7 •

National Rifle Association's 154th Annual Meeting & Exhibits

Some Brief Observations on a Multifaceted Event

May 6 •

I Bought Two Silencers

Here is a chronicle of the process

May 3 •

Guns in America: 5 Observations to Understand America’s Culture of Firearms

A 900 Word Summary of What I've Learned Over 14 Years

May 1 •

April 2025

"The most powerful lobbying group in Washington is. . ."

NOT the National Rifle Association, contrary to popular belief

Apr 24 •

Occupy the Second Amendment with Ross Eliot

Listen now | Talking Communal Self-Defense, Dems, Fascism, and Antifascism

Apr 23 •

34:13

Chat with Leftist Gun Owner Ross Eliot

Listen now | Former publisher of the American Gun Culture Report (2006-2011)

Apr 17 •

39:02

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