Seven Years Working to Make a Difference

Seven years ago this month, I starting doing work for the Tenth Amendment Center. It was at the dawn of the Tea Party movement. During a rally in my hometown, it kind of hit me that change would require more than standing in a park in the rain holding a sign. I’ll be honest, I…

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Activism 101 Podcast #6: You Gotta Have a Plan

This is the sixth installment of a podcast following local activism efforts I am spearheading to address the surveillance state in Lexington, Ky. Through this series, you will get an inside look at boots-on-the-ground activism as it happens. The goal is to create a step-by-step how-to on tackling issues at the local level. You can access the other…

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If you want to change minds, learn how to write.

George Orwell wasn’t lying. “He who controls the present controls the past, and he who controls the past controls the future.” Anyone who has picked up a history book or watched a “documentary” on PBS or the History Channel gets it. In fact, every pinko academic taking up space at some Ivory Tower history department…

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Activism 101 Podcast #5: Reading Between the Lines of a FOIA Response

In this installment of the Activism 101 podcast, I talk about interpreting information gleaned from freedom of information act requests, and how you can read between the lines and learn more than they intended to tell you.

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