"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about what the Constitution has to say about federal land ownership and management. The recent standoff between the feds and ranchers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon thrust the issue of federal land ownership and control into the..
Read moreThoughts from Maharrey Head #33: Things I learned in Burns, Oregon
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I share some of the things I learned during my recent trip to Burns, Oregon, along with some personal thoughts and insights. Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to speak in Burns, Oregon. I talked about unconstitutional federal actions and how..
Read moreThoughts from Maharrey Head #32: Your Right to Try; Nullifying FDA Rules
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk to Robert Scott Bell about Right to Try legislation nullifying some FDA rules. In the last couple of years, 24 states have passed "Right to Try Legislation" that sets the foundation to nullify in practice some Food and Drug Administration..
Read moreThoughts from Maharrey Head #31: Embracing Tyranny
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I explain how America has embraced the very tyranny the founding generation fought to reject. America's founding generation fought a long, bloody war to free itself from British tyranny. Virtually every American knows this, but very few actually understand what it was..
Read moreThoughts from Maharrey Head #30: Gridlock Isn’t Necessarily a Bad Thing
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about the importance of conflict in government. Gridlock isn't always a bad thing! People often complain about "gridlock" in government. But gridlock isn't necessarily a bad thing. In the minds of America's founders, government was meant to be adversarial and..
Read moreThoughts from Maharrey Head #29: The Supreme Court Isn’t…
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about the absurd, fallacious concept of absolute judicial supremacy. Most Americans believe the Supreme Court enjoys absolute supremacy in the American political system. After all, the word "supreme" is right in the name. They believe when the Supreme Court offers..
Read moreThoughts from Maharrey Head #28: The Constitutional Limits of Presidential Power
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head I talk about presidential executive orders and the constitutional limits of executive power. Earlier this week, President Obama issued his promised executive orders relating to firearms. Many Democrats and gun control advocates praised the president for "taking action when Congress won't." Meanwhile,..
Read moreThoughts from Maharrey Head #27: Screw D.C.; Focus on the States
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I explain why I focus my attention on state politics and not Washington D.C. For the next year-and-a-half, virtually every politically engaged American will focus almost exclusively on the presidential horse race. The country will spend millions and millions of dollars to..
Read moreThoughts from Maharrey Head #26: Seeing the Individual
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about why we should fight our impulse to look at people in terms of groups and instead focus on them as individuals. We tend to look people in terms of groups - blacks, immigrants, gays, refugees, white men, liberals, conservatives,..
Read moreThoughts from Maharrey Head #25: Economics and Thanksgiving
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I highlight some economics lessons we can learn from the Pilgrims. A Facebook exchange earlier this week reignited an ongoing frustration of mine – how few people possess even a rudimentary grasp on basic economics - or if they do, they chose..
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