"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" You cannot simultaneously support perpetual warfare abroad and limited government at home. Most people tend to separate domestic and foreign policy. The problem is, the two are intimately intertwined, and the things that happen "over there" don't stay over there. They always end up having an impact here at home,..
Read moreTechnocratic Tyranny and How to Stop It
A recent study revealed that the United States is the fourth-biggest violator of biometric privacy in the world. I recently appeared on the Corbett Report to talk about how the rising government use of facial recognition and other biometric surveillance techniques threatens our privacy and what we can do about it. (more…)
Read moreWar Powers Revisited: Thoughts from Maharrey Head #152
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" Pres. Trump unilaterally ordered the execution of an Iranian general. Did he have the constitutional authority to take this action? (more…)
Read moreImpeached! Meanwhile… Thoughts from Maharrey Head #151
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" While everybody obsessed over impeachment, there was other news out there. Well, it wasn't exactly news, because pretty much nobody reported on it. But some significant things happened - things that could actually impact your life. Things the political class would rather you not think about. In this episode of..
Read moreThe Constitution Is Just a Political Prop: Thoughts from Maharrey Head 150
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" This week's episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head is a hard dose of reality. Both Republicans and Democrats claim to revere the Constitution. But do they? Really? I don't think they do. In fact, I think the vast majority of politicians, including the current president, view the Constitution as nothing..
Read moreA Dose of Their Own Bitter Medicine: Thoughts from Maharrey Head 149
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" Progressives don't like it so much when the government expands its own power in ways they don't like. (more…)
Read moreWhat the Heck Happened to the Tea Party? Thoughts from Maharrey Head 148
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" Remember the Tea Party? Remember what it was all about? It was about taxing, spending and the national debt. Today, the Trump administration is running up Obama-era budget deficits. And a lot of the same people who were holding signs at Tea Party rallies are now Trump supporters. What happened..
Read moreTrump Economic Myth-Making: Thoughts from Maharrey Head 147
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" You've probably heard President Trump brag about the economy. He's called it the best economy in American history. This is absolute hogwash. In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I explain why. I also talk about the real reason the economy is in trouble. Hint: it has very little..
Read moreThe People, the Militia and the Second Amendment
With the gun control debate back on the front-burner, a 2016 MarketWatch article asserting that. "The Second Amendment doesn't give you the right to own a gun" is making the rounds across social media. The article perpetuates a fundamental misunderstanding of the Bill of Rights and demonstrates the danger of basing your constitutional expertise on..
Read moreDebunking the “One Nation” Myth: Thoughts from Maharrey Head 146
"10 Minutes Closer to Freedom" Most Americans think July 4, 1776, birthed a nation. It's didn't. It actually birthed 13 independent nations that soon formed a union. The notion that Independence Day birthed a nation is part of a broader "one nation" myth advanced by the likes of Joseph Story and Abraham Lincoln, and perpetuated..
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