"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I explain why I became a foreign policy non-interventionist. Not so long ago, I was an unapologetic war-monger. There wasn’t a war I didn’t support. Vietnam? Check. The invasion of Grenada? Check. Gulf War I? Check. The invasion of Iraq? Hell yes!..
Read moreThoughts From Maharrey Head #23: Through Thomas Jefferson’s Eyes
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about the relationship between the states and the federal government through the eyes of Thomas Jefferson. Nov. 10 marked the 217th birthday of the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798. Thomas Jefferson secretly drafted the Kentucky resolutions in response to the Alien..
Read moreThoughts from Maharrey Head #22: Can One Person Change the World?
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about doing the right thing, and the potential of one person to change the world. Can one person change the world? I think it's possible. Rosa Parks demonstrates the power of a single individual doing the right thing. In this..
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 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 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 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 morePodcast: Hero of Liberty; Charles Langston and the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I tell the story of a hero for liberty and the rescue of a fugitive slave. Northern abolitionists who defied federal law to assist accused runaway slaves demonstrated the kind of courage we need today. They weren’t deterred by [insert horrible thing the feds will do here]...
Read morePodcast: How to Limit the Federal Government
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I tell you how we can limit federal power based on James Madison's blueprint. The federal government exercises seemingly unlimited authority and inserts itself into virtually every area of our lives. But the feds were never meant to have this kind of power. As James Madison asserted..
Read morePodcast: National Power: A Tool for Slavers
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I explain how centralized, national power institutionalized and perpetuated slavery in America. The recent controversy over the rebel flag and other Confederate symbols has propelled the issue of slavery into the spotlight. Conventional wisdom inextricably ties the idea of "state rights" to slavery. Most Americans think southerners..
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