Signs in the heavens, signs following: A new age of Jefferson
“The spaceship has landed,” said Steve Jobs here at the end. Perhaps he was talking about several things. We at the turn of the millennium are sensitive to signs. Even the steady and solid same as the visionary holiness preachers who see “signs following” in the eastern hollows of old Kentucky. And this week we [...]
Not your Public Education’s General Welfare Clause
Please join us for TRX: Tenther Radio on August 31, 2011 right here – listen live by clicking the play button at that time on the right. Join the conversation with your comments and questions by calling (323) 843-6008. We’re honored to have a full educational hour on the General Welfare clause from Rob Natelson
Was Bill Buckley a foreign policy leftist?
by Jack Hunter EDITOR’S NOTE: Jack Hunter will be a featured speaker at Nullify Now! Jacksonville. Get tickets here – http://www.nullifynow.com/jacksonville/ – or by calling 888-71-TICKETS ******* Some of the loudest voices on the right continue to categorize Ron Paul’s foreign policy views as “leftist.” It is true that like many on the left, Paul [...]
James Madison on the “General Welfare”
I thought it would be good to bring James Madisons own words when describing how the General welfare clause in articleI section8 was to be construed, and dismissing fears of constructions such as we have today. ******* Some, who have not denied the necessity of the power of taxation, have grounded a very fierce attack [...]
Liberty for Security: A Reasonable Trade-Off?
It seems with each new day in modern America, we learn of some new threat to our safety and our future. But we often take comfort in knowing that there is a plan. Those we have elected to watch out for the common good surely already have the situation under control. They are just letting [...]
Patriots Watch Interviews Michael Boldin
Billy Baer and Dan Haggerty of Repatriot Radio’s “Patriot’s Watch” interview Michael Boldin, founder and executive director of the Tenth Amendment Center. Many topics are discussed in this hour-long episode. Patriot’s Watch is broadcast every Wednesday at 3PM to 4PM on WNJC 1360AM. “Going to the federal government to fix problems created by the federal [...]
Nullification as a Gateway Drug
Some familiar themes here, but I am emphasizing that the most significant thing about state nullification, about which I have written a book, is that the very discussion of it involves straying from the ideological concentration camps in which our political and media establishments would confine us. We need to stray from those camps at every [...]
Nullification: Its Roots and Applications
Tenth Amendment Center national communications director Mike Maharrey talked nullification with Barb Adams on the Radio Amerika Now show on Aug. 20. Mike discussed the historical and philosophical roots of nullification, and then went on to talk about the practical applications of the principle today. “Most people have never even heard of nullification, and the [...]
Small Business Administration to Close?
According to Lloyd Chapman, the hyperbolic president of the American Small Business League, legislation introduced by Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) would close the Small Business Administration. Chapman actually stated on a Fox Business News show that Burr’s bill is “the worst idea in the history of America.” And here I thought it was Rick Santorum’s decision to [...]
GOP Members’ Position on Payroll Tax Cuts Unbelievable
Obama is predicted to include a proposal in his anticipated “Jobs Plan” that would extend the existing payroll tax cuts. These tax cuts would leave the employee’s contribution to FICA at 4.2%. However, if these cuts are allowed to expire, the employee’s rate will go back up to 6.2%. From this recent Huffington Post article: [...]
HUD Subsidizes Wealthier Indiana County
The Indianapolis Star recently ran an article on a relatively wealthy county in Indiana that has received $3 million in HUD Community Development Block Grant funding since 2005. I lived in Hamilton County for three years and it has a well-deserved reputation in Indiana as being the home of the state’s hoity-toity. I don’t believe the federal [...]
Yet another unconstitutional and costly adventure
by Ron Paul The current situation in Libya may be a short term victory for Empire, but it is a loss for our American Republic. And, I fear it may be devastating to the Libyan people. There is no doubt that Moammar Gadhafi is a bad guy, and that he has brought harm and misery [...]
Tenther Radio 08-31-11. A Lesson on the General Welfare Clause
Please join us for TRX: Tenther Radio on August 31, 2011 right here – listen live by clicking the play button at that time on the right. Join the conversation with your comments and questions by calling (323) 843-6008. We’re honored to have a full educational hour on the General Welfare clause from Rob Natelson
Voting is not Enough
Ed Martin, congressional candidate, speaks on state sovereignty, interposition, and voting – at Nullify Now! Kansas City on August 20, 2011. http://edmartinforcongress.com/ http://www.nullifynow.com/ http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/ This is no time for just voting. Voting is not enough. But in both parties, we have too many leaders who think that’s the answer.
First Principles: Rethinking Calhoun
cross-posted from the Pennsylvania Tenth Amendment Center In Rethinking Calhoun at First Principles, The ISI Web Journal, Adam Tate reviews the book “Majority Rule versus Consensus: The Political Thought of John C. Calhoun . Concluding, Read’s Majority Rule versus Consensus ultimately finds Calhoun’s argumentation unsatisfying and unhelpful for modern political problems. In the last chapter Read provides numerous examples of the [...]
Tenther Radio Episode 10: Tom Woods, Mike Maharrey
Add to iTunes In this episode, hosts Michael Boldin and Lesley Swann focus on nullification and last weekend’s big Nullify Now! event in Kansas City. They cover the basics of the principles of 1798, along with the how and why of nullification. Tom Woods joins us to recap his keynote speech at Nullify Now! Kansas [...]
Shared Sacrifice or Empty Words?
In 2007, the Washington Post reported, “Warren Buffet Slams Tax System Disparities“, reporting: Warren E. Buffett was his usual folksy self Tuesday night at a fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as he slammed a system that allows the very rich to pay taxes at a lower rate than the middle class. Buffett cited [...]
The Dumbest Budget ‘Plan’ Yet
Are you aware of the budget plan that promises to cut federal spending by 25 percent per year and has been endorsed by seven Republicans running for president? I just found out about it this week in Steve Chapman’s latest column. Having checked it out, I think I know why I hadn’t heard of it: it’s [...]
The Atlantic on Food Freedom and Food Safety
The Atlantic does a good job of covering the Rawesome food club raid. Rawesome was a private, voluntary cooperative of consenting members who take responsibility for any potential risks. (“Private” and “voluntary” being key words.) Rawesome members even signed waivers before becoming a food club member. With all of the agencies involved (USDA, FDA, LA County Sheriff, CDC) over a [...]
Tenther Radio Tonight. Tom Woods
Please join us for TRX: Tenther Radio on August 24, 2011 right here – listen live by clicking the play button at that time at this link. Join the conversation with your comments and questions by calling (323) 843-6008. We’re honored to have as the show’s featured guest, Thomas E. Woods, Jr Add to iTunes [...]
Tenther Radio Episode 9: Paul Opsommer, Paul Curtman, Doug Tjaden
Add to iTunes In this episode, hosts Michael Boldin and John Bush talk about the Orwellian doublethink about the 10th Amendment on prominent display at the recent republican debate in Ames, Iowa. They welcome Paul Opsommer, a state rep from Michigan, who wants to get the feds out of highway funding. Boldin and Bush also [...]
What is the Rule of Law?
cross-posted from the Pennsylvania Tenth Amendment Center At about 36 minutes into this video (watch the whole thing), Tom Woods incorporates discussion of five propositions from An Exposition of the Virginia Resolutions of 1798 by Abel P. Upshur, 1.) That the Constitution of the United States is a compact between the states, as such.
Washington Post Asks for Budget Plans
The Washington Post’s editorial board issued a challenge to the president and his Republican opponents: “show us your plans” for deficit reduction. In fact, the Post says it would be “delighted” to receive plans from its readers. However, the Post isn’t interested in “meaningless promises” to cut “waste, fraud, and abuse”—it wants specifics: Here’s what we’re not looking for: pablum about eliminating unnecessary [...]
Subverting State Authority
cross-posted from the Georgia Tenth Amendment Center In the last paragraph of Antifederalist paper No.17, “Brutus” states the probability that the Federal Government would eventually look to usurp all the powers of the States.The writing of the paragraph seems almost to be a script from the teleprompters of the daily news. It is so obvious [...]
