Book Review: A Patriot’s Call to Action

In the fight against federal tyranny there has been a tendency for people, even those with good intentions, to downplay the severity of our situation or keep possible solutions confined to the realm of “respectability.” That is not the case with New York native Jim Delaney, who writes at opinerlog.blogspot.com. In his book A Patriot’s…

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Podcast: The Real American Revolution

We usually think of the American Revolution as the war with the British. But there was an even more fundamental revolution that began long before the first shot was fired – a revolution in political thought. I talk about it in this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head. In an 1818 letter to Hezekiah Niles,…

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Federal, not National: These United States

TAC memberships help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and read the full transcript at this link. During the Massachusetts ratification debates, Fisher Aims gave a stark warning that’s been totally ignored over the last 100-plus years. He said a “consolidation of the States would subvert the new Constitution.”

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States are not Required to Help the Federal Government

TAC memberships help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and read the full transcript at this link. Even though the Supreme Court often gets things wrong on the Constitution, the Prigg case has not only stood the test of time, it has helped cement James Madison’s advice that states and individuals should…

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Podcast: The Great “One Nation” Debate

In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I explain that the United States aren’t “one nation,” that the Pledge of Allegiance is not an authoritative statement of American founding principles and why it matters. I created a firestorm when I published an article taking Hillary Clinton to task for perpetuating the America as “one…

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Thomas Jefferson on Finding the Meaning of the Constitution

Today, you have all kinds of original sources just a mouse-click away. You can read the ratification debates. You have the Federalist Papers in support of the Constitution. You have essays written by opponents. With just a little effort, you can get a very clear understanding of the Constitution - right from the source.

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