By Ken Hanson, Esq.

Orson Scott Card has an excellent essay on the sorry state of U.S. Media posted at Greesnboro, N.C.'s RhinoTimes, entitled "Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights?"

It is an excellent examination of what the media is telling (and not telling) the public this election cycle. He takes it a step forward in a follow-up essay looking at the current history of constitutional usurpations and the possible need for constitutional conventions in 2010.

For those of you wondering, yes, this is the same Orson Scott Card who wrote Ender’s Game and its' progeny. Even if you are not a science fiction fan, you owe it to yourself to read Ender’s Game. For many young adults, it is a transformative work. I was thrilled to find that he is blogging/writing somewhat regularly in Greensboro, N.C.. (He is one of my favorite authors, though I admit you will either like his books or hate them, and I’ve swung between the extremes depending upon the work. There is such a thing as too cerebral.) The fact that he is turning his futurist, imaginative eye toward modern politics and issues of liberty makes for some exciting reading.

Hitting the airwaves in Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin...

Per ABC reporter Jake Tapper's Political Punch:

The ad refers to a 2003 incident when a Wilmette, Ill., restaurateur named Hale DeMar shot and wounded a burglar who broke into his house. DeMar was prosecuted by the town of Wilmette, which had, at the time, a ban on the possession of handguns, so some Illinois lawmakers introduced legislation to offer legal protections to individuals who use firearms in self-defense. The bill passed the Illinois state House by a vote of 86-25, and the Illinois state Senate -- where Obama voted against it -- by a vote of 39-20.