"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 moreTax the Rich!
Democrats promise a lot of "free" stuff. Free college. Free healthcare. Free daycare. Free this. Free that. Most sane people recognize you don't get any of this for free. Somebody has to pay for it all. But this doesn't phase your average Democrat. Why not? Because the rich will pay for it. It seems America..
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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 moreAmerica Has Become What the Revolutionaries Sought to Destroy
Over the last 90 years or so, the United States has transformed into the very thing the founding generation fought to destroy. We learn in elementary history classes that American revolutionaries rejected the notion of a king. But it went beyond that. The founding generation also sought to eradicate the concept of a powerful magistrate..
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 moreWant Economic Justice? Break the Federal Monopoly on Money
We hear a lot about income equality in the U.S., but very little about the actual root cause of wealth redistribution - government monetary policy. Through quantitative easing - essentially money printing - the Fed enriches bankers and the political elite while stealing wealth from everyday Americans via currency debasement. Since the creation of the..
Read morePlanned Parenthood Funding Unconstitutional; So is Republican Defunding Plan
One of the great debates over the last few weeks has centered around Republican attempts to defund Planned Parenthood. The brouhaha started with the release of a series of undercover videos produced by anti-abortion activists that appeared to prove the organization sells fetal tissue. That prompted conservatives to call on Congress to defund Planned Parenthood...
Read moreIs it Time for the Supreme Court to Weigh in on Cousin Marriage?
Did you know Kentucky state law bans marriage between first cousins? But you will find no such prohibition right across the border in Virginia. So, here are a couple of questions. Doesn't Kentucky's law against first cousins getting married discriminate? And doesn't it violate the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause (As interpreted by the Supreme..
Read moreMonopoly 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,..
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]...
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