Someone asked me to address Robert Parry’s article “ The Right’s Inside-Out Constitution .” I do so in this video. Note the comments on the article, by the way — everyone thinks Parry has hit a home run. And if he had read Kevin Gutzman’s new biography of James… Read More
ACLU Practically Endorses Nullification (Over NDAA)
The American Civil Liberties Union is encouraging local defiance of the notorious parts of the National Defense Authorization Act. Among other things, its model legislation “prohibits state/local employees from aiding the federal armed forces in any investigation, arrest, detention, or trial of any person within… Read More
James Madison and the Making of America
“Kevin Gutzman’s James Madison and the Making of America takes what we thought was a familiar story and gives it a fresh and important interpretation that challenges old orthodoxies and helps us better understand important episodes in American history.” Check out the rest of my review of this very significant work.
Ouch
Beautiful checkmate in 12 moves, against one of the strongest players in the world at the time.
Ask Bob Murphy Anything
Economist Bob Murphy answers questions submitted via Reddit’s ‘Ask Me Anything.’
Local Commercials That Have to Be Seen
Gary North links to this ad, which contains a link toward the end to another video showing how the ad agency (really just two guys) came up with the idea for it. It’s well done. My Facebook people shot back with this ad, which I think has Dr. North’s… Read More
Help: Need Primal Snacks Non-Primal Kids Will Like
My wife and I are following the Primal Blueprint , and we’ve got a question for you fellow Primal people out there. Our first-grader’s classroom is organized as a “garden,” and twice per academic year each child is “gardener of the week.” Among other things, that child… Read More
Santorum Boasts of Funding Planned Parenthood
This is the guy all the Catholic neocons — of whom there are so many the term is almost a redundancy, I regret to say — tell me I am morally obligated to support. Here he is saying that he’s voted for public funding of… Read More
Talking Nullification to Sheriffs
I had a chance last month to speak to the convention of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association . I talked about nullification, the book and the concept. (I note that Amazon has only six copies left at $10 ; after that it’s back to the $16.47 ones.) Not much new here for longtime readers; I… Read More
State Opposition to NDAA Grows
The Tenth Amendment Center reports: State and local resistance to detention provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act continues to snowball. On Tuesday, the Virginia House overwhelming passed “A BILL to prevent any agency, political subdivision, employee, or member of the military of Virginia from assisting an agency… Read More
