Federal courts once again failed to protect Americans from ubiquitous NSA spying. On Friday, US District Judge T.S. Ellis III dismissed a suit against the NSA brought by the ACLU on behalf of Wikimedia, the parent company that publishes Wikipedia. The judge held the company lacks standing to sue because it cannot definitively prove the..
Read moreThoughts from Maharrey Head: Nullification and Weed
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about weed! A lot of people are still pretty skeptical about nullification. They claim it won't work. They think the federal government is just too powerful. But nullification can work. And it does. The proof is in the weed. In..
Read moreConstitution 101: Executive Power
Article II of the Constitution defines the role and qualifications of the president. As it does for Congress, the Constitution delegates specific powers and responsibilities to the executive branch – the power of appointment, the power to make treaties with the advice and consent of Congress, veto power, etc. These specific powers are relatively clear..
Read moreThoughts from Maharrey Head: Picking on Republicans
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In episode #20 of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I pick on the Republicans. And I also lob some stones at the Democrats. Recently, I wrote an article for the 10th Amendment Center about Rick Santorum. He said he wants a do-over on his education policy position. I argued that his..
Read moreTax the Rich!
Democrats promise a lot of "free" stuff. Free college. Free healthcare. Free daycare. Free this. Free that. Most sane people recognize you don't get any of this for free. Somebody has to pay for it all. But this doesn't phase your average Democrat. Why not? Because the rich will pay for it. It seems America..
Read morePodcast: Guns
Thoughts from Maharrey Head "10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In episode #19 of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about guns. We talk about the Second Amendment a lot in the United States. Some people love it. Some people hate it. But the sad truth is, very few people actually understand it. Even some of..
Read moreAmerica Has Become What the Revolutionaries Sought to Destroy
Over the last 90 years or so, the United States has transformed into the very thing the founding generation fought to destroy. We learn in elementary history classes that American revolutionaries rejected the notion of a king. But it went beyond that. The founding generation also sought to eradicate the concept of a powerful magistrate..
Read morePodcast: Why We Need a Constitutional Foundation
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I explain the importance of a strong, stable constitutional foundation. There have been a couple of big issues in the news over the last month or so that have reinforced my belief that most Americans don’t give a rip about the Constitution. Oh sure, they’ll scream about..
Read moreWant Economic Justice? Break the Federal Monopoly on Money
We hear a lot about income equality in the U.S., but very little about the actual root cause of wealth redistribution - government monetary policy. Through quantitative easing - essentially money printing - the Fed enriches bankers and the political elite while stealing wealth from everyday Americans via currency debasement. Since the creation of the..
Read morePlanned Parenthood Funding Unconstitutional; So is Republican Defunding Plan
One of the great debates over the last few weeks has centered around Republican attempts to defund Planned Parenthood. The brouhaha started with the release of a series of undercover videos produced by anti-abortion activists that appeared to prove the organization sells fetal tissue. That prompted conservatives to call on Congress to defund Planned Parenthood...
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