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Oleg Atbashian, the gifted satirist and artist who founded The People’s Cube, has written a classic essay that deserves the widest possible circulation. How I Became a Thoughtcriminal is a personal account of growing up in the Soviet Union and discovering censorship, leaving it behind, and rediscovering it here. This is chapter one of the story:

Video at the link. On May 12th, 2015 I was invited to speak alongside Governor Rick Perry at a Lincoln Dinner organized by Okaloosa Republican Executive Committee in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. I was supposed to warm up the crowd for the Honorable Rick Perry, but the order of appearances was switched at the last moment; Perry gave his keynote speech first, and then I stepped in, thanking the Governor for warming up the crowd for me. I titled my speech What surprised me in America: an immigrant's account of the good, the bad, and the ugly. There was no...

In this episode of the Conscience of Kansas radio program I talk about the issue of Sharia law being rejected by Oklahoman voters and the laswsuit brought for by CAIR. Next, we talk to Oleg Atbashian, director of the Peoples's Cube and author of the new book, "Shakedown Socialism." We invite you to listen and comment.