Conservatives and the Elephant in the Living Room

One of my pet peeves is the conservative who lectures us on the “limits” of markets and looks with a self-satisfied and condescending shake of the head upon the stupid rubes he must endure who persist in supporting the market all the same. Why, haven’t these dopes...

Jefferson Was Right, Webster Was Wrong

In my exchange with Dean Clancy, I presented (in the comments section) a few of the initial problems that opponents of the compact theory of the Union (which holds that the Union was created by the sovereign peoples of the states) have to confront. The nationalist...

Nullification Sermon

Pastor Douglas Wilson, who sent me this video, urges the governor and legislators of Idaho to embrace nullification. He kindly references my book on the subject around...

Bill O’Reilly is no Constitutional Scholar

From The O’Reilly Factor, email segment for July 5: “Bill, you keep asking what the Republicans have to replace Obamacare. Under the Constitution, there is no role for the Federal government in healthcare.” –Felicia O’Reilly: “That’s not true, Felicia. The opening...

Jefferson on Separate Confederacies

On the forums over at my Liberty Classroom, a member asks Brion McClanahan, one of our faculty members: “You mention in part one of Mr. Lincoln’s War that Jefferson believed there would eventually be multiple American federal republics. Can you tell me where to find...