Imagine the Possibilities

Speech to the Grand Opening of the Louisiana Chapter of the Tenth Amendment Center I would venture to say that most of us are here tonight because we believe that the federal government is acting outside the boundaries set for it in its charter, the Constitution of...

Help for Gibson Guitars

The following is a letter I sent to both the Lt. Governor and Governor of Tennessee… ******* Dear Lt Gov Ramsey, I have recently become aware of an ARMED federal raid on Gibson Guitars’ manufacturing facilities in Memphis and Nashville that took place on 24...

The negative effects of nationalism

War is coming. Not foreign but a war domestic, the war for control of Washington, D.C., in 2012. Look what hangs in the balance: energy and education policy, income and corporate tax rates, agriculture subsidies, environmental regulations, retirement pensions, the...

The hyper-regulating executive branch

Over at National Review Online, Jim Lacey has done everyone a favour by illustrating the utter contempt the federal government has come to have for the document that gives it its very life – the U.S. Constitution.  He draws a hideous picture of an executive branch...

Do federal elections really matter?

Do federal elections really matter?  The answer around the Tenth Amendment Center seems generally to be No.  Perhaps a more nuanced way of answering the question would be, in the near term, Yes, but in the long run, No. The trouble is with the place itself. ...