"The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought." - Samuel Adams

Empire of Lies (Song)

[audio m4a="https://www.michaelmaharrey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Empire-of-Lies-5.m4a"][/audio] This song started out as just a sampled beat and a base line. Then I found this really cool audio quoting some lines from George Orwell's 1984. I ended up building the lyric around that. The famous Ron Paul quote "truth is treason in an empire of lies pulled it all together." For..

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My Grandfather’s Eulogy

Last weekend, my grandfather passed away. He was 92. Following is the eulogy I delivered at his funeral on June 16, 2016. As you all know the Colonel – as many people called him – wasn’t exactly what you would call a “soft and fluffy” person. He was Army all the way. No-nonsense. Tough-skinned. And..

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Second Chance: A Christmas Story

John O’Reilly looked dejectedly out the airport window. Cold wind blew across the empty ramp and taxiway, pushing wisps of snow over the barren concrete. Even within the warm confines of the gate area, John felt the chill. Or maybe it was his soul. A plane had just pushed off the jetway and taxied off..

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Monopoly Government: The Power to Git-R-Done

Anyone wondering about my general antipathy toward the state need look no further than the circus surrounding gay marriage licenses in Kentucky. The two sides squared off against each other in the Great Kentucky County Clerk Gay Marriage License Debate seem diametrically opposed and impossibly divided by a yawning, unspannable chasm. But at their core,..

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133 Words or Less: Cyber Book Burning

I've said since the whole Confederate flag controversy blew up that it's just one small step from taking down flags and removing statues to full-blown censorship. Amazon took that step. The online retailer recently removed This Flag Never Goes Down, a non-fiction book about the Confederate battle flag by historian Michael Dreese. Being a nonfiction..

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Podcast: 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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