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Why a Standing Army and a Welfare State?

One of the major distinguishing characteristics, philosophically speaking, between our American ancestors and today’s Americans is with respect to the national-security establishment. Our ancestors fiercely opposed that type of governmental ...

1984 The Operation Manual for the Omnipresent Surveillance State

July 1, 2021 Airport Surveillance / AMERICAN LIBERTY / Arbitrary Powers / Big Brother / Big Government / Bill of Rights / Core Principles / Current Events / Deep State / DHS / Due Process / Electronic Data Collection / Electronic Eavesdropping 0

1984 by George Orwell has become an operation manual for the omnipresent surveillance state made up of government and corporations. It’s been more than 70 years since Orwell—dying, beset by ...

The Real Constitutional Crisis

January 14, 2021 Administrative State / Alien and Sedition Acts / Amendments / AMERICAN LIBERTY / Arbitrary Powers / Big Government / Bureaucracy / Congress / Constitution / Constitutional Crisis / Core Principles 0

By: Laurence M. Vance According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a crisis (plural: crises) is: 1a: the turning point for better or worse in an acute disease or feverb: a paroxysmal attack ...

My Dream Congressman

November 20, 2019 Congress / Constitution / Core Principles / Education 0

by: Jim Lewis First, congress is made up of two bodies, the house of representatives and the senate, so the person I will be describing could be in either body. ...

What Do We Do About it When the Feds Violate the Constitution?

June 27, 2019 Core Principles / James Madison / Nullification / Strategery / Strategy / Thomas Jefferson / Usurpation 0

By: Michael Boldin Most people tell us the way to deal with violations of the Constitution is to “vote the bums out” or to “sue them in federal court.” Most ...