Greenspan, Gold, and the Banality of Evil

Under certain circumstances, seemingly decent human beings are capable of horrific things. So it is with Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who parlayed his sound money bona fides into the top post at America’s private banking cartel and current issuer of our un-backed currency. In betrayal of his own stated free-market principles, Greenspan spent…

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Interview: Discussion with Mises Institute on Strategies for Liberty

The weekend before Independence Day, I recorded an interview with Jeff Deist for the Mises Weekends podcast on strategies for liberty. This was my first time with Mises, and being that their site has been a great resource for me personally over the years, I was really honored to have had a chance to be…

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Arizona Legislature Squanders 18 Opportunities to Reject Federal Power in 2016

PHOENIX, Ariz. (July 11, 2016) – The Arizona State House and Senate leadership soundly rejected the principles of the Founding Fathers during the 2016 legislative session. They protected the Washington D.C. status quo by killing 18 bills that would have blocked the federal enforcement of various unconstitutional programs. To make matters worse, most of the…

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From Leftist to Nullification Champion: Interview with Tom Woods

That's how Tom Woods titled my interview with him for the Tenth Amendment Center's 10 Year Anniversary last month. It was a fun episode to record, and we covered a little of what led me to starting TAC, influences, strategy, and more.

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A Powerful Judiciary and Executive Is the Very Definition of Tyranny

For decades now, the Chief Executive, the Supreme Court, and the mammoth unaccountable federal bureaucracy have been operating FAR, FAR outside the Constitution, and too many folks just don’t seem to get it. Or worse, they don’t care. By our silence and routine submission to this endless stream of lawlessness we, in effect, further weaken…

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Brion McClanahan on the Original Meaning and Purpose of the 2nd Amendment

In Episode 29 of the Brion McClanahan Show, Brion considers the following questions, and more: what did Second Amendment mean and what was it designed to do when amended to the Constitution? He also delved into the definition of the militia and its role in the founding era. The first major point out of the…

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