Security-hawks are the conservative Republican equivalent of progressive global warming alarmists. For years, global warming fear-mongers told us we will all probably die if we don’t let them implement their political policies. They predicted a looming ice age. Then they predicted polar ice would melt. They predicted seas would rise and floodwater would inundate coastal..
Read more133 Words or Less: D.C. Chickens Come Home to Roost in NYC
Washington D.C. chickens have come home to roost in NYC. According to CBS New York, the iconic neon billboards in Times Square must come down or the city will lose $94 million in federal highway funds. Under a 2012 federal law, Times Square qualifies as an arterial route to the national highway system, placing it..
Read morePodcast: Al Sharpton’s Dumb Idea
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about Al Sharpton’s dumb plan to federalize policing. The Reverend Al Sharpton has come up with a solution for the problem of the use of excessive force by cops. He wants a police monopoly. What a great idea, right? I mean, everybody knows that when..
Read moreA Sad Truth: Most of You Love Your Police State
The majority of you love your police state. You don’t mind local cops driving around in armored vehicles toting military grade weapons. You don’t mind bulk surveillance, databases full of location information on millions of Americans, or cameras peering down at them from every corner. You don’t even really mind cops shooting people in the..
Read morePodcast: Don’t Fear the Feds
In episode 10 of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I explain why we shouldn't fear the "big bad" federal government. In last week's edition of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talked about the power of state refusal to cooperate with the federal government. It works, and provides us with a powerful tool to stop federal overreach..
Read morePodcast: The Power of Noncooperation
In Episode 9 of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about the power of state refusal to cooperate with the federal government, and how we can use it as a strategy to nullify unconstitutional federal acts and overreach. A Calvin and Hobbes comic strip inspired this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head. It vividly illustrates..
Read moreWar is the Ultimate in Collectivism
Nothing riles up my conservative friends faster than suggesting maybe the U.S. should work a little harder to avoid war. The other day, I posted a video called What I learned by Friending Iranians on Facebook. It essentially makes the case that Iranians are regular people, just like you and me. One friend didn't exactly..
Read morePodcast: Jefferson and Madison’s Blueprint to Stop Unconstitutional Federal Acts
In episode #8 of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I delve into some long forgotten history and talk about the blueprint Thomas Jefferson and James Madison gave us to stop unconstitutional federal overreach. In 1798, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison penned the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, laying out the principles of nullification for the first time...
Read more133 Words or Less: Egregious TSA Hypocrisy
The TSA recently fired two agents caught in a scheme to allow a male screener to grope “hot men.” According to NBC News, the male agent signaled a coworker when he spotted a guy he wanted to grope, then she would enter the sex of the passenger as female, triggering an anomaly requiring a groin..
Read more133 Words or Less: Foreign Policy Central Planning Fails Just Like Economic Central Planning
Centralized economic planning fails due to a knowledge problem. No individual, nor group of individuals, can command all of the information necessary to anticipate every possible outcome of a policy. The solution they conceive for one problem inevitably results in unintended consequences and unforeseen negative impacts that ripple through the economy. The American right generally..
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