Last Updated on Monday, 22 February 2010 14:54 Written by Patrick Krey Monday, 22 February 2010 10:25
The “Principles of 98,” as they came to be known, are rarely discussed in modern history lectures even though these are integral to understanding how our federal Constitution was intended to function. These are the principles of state interposition or nullification that assert that if the federal government fails to check itself through one of its three branches, then it would be up to the states to rein in the feds.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 February 2010 16:21 Written by Alan Scholl Tuesday, 12 January 2010 10:54
I ran across news accounts that Bill Gates (of the Microsoft empire), David Rockefeller (bank and oil baron), the United Nations, in cooperation with Northrup-King (the seed giant), and Archer/Daniels/Midland, or ADM, the corporate farming/chemical/seed giant were funding a “saving heirloom seeds” program for “posterity.”
Read more: Food: The Elephant in the Living Room of Freedom.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 January 2010 11:40 Written by Charles Scaliger Tuesday, 12 January 2010 10:35
The sinewy, bearded man raced up the brushy hillside, blood streaming from his nose from the terrific exertion. He did not consider himself a fast runner, but on this occasion the terror of sudden and agonizing death lent wings to his feet.
Somewhere not far behind, his pursuers, their lean bodies more accustomed than his to the severe terrain, were closing in, determined to avenge the death of one of their own. They carried weapons, though they were unlikely to grant their quarry a quick and easy death if they caught him.
Last Updated on Monday, 08 March 2010 11:49 Written by Becky Akers Tuesday, 05 January 2010 10:42
The United States has embroiled much of the world in its War on Terror, occupied Iraq since 2003, and bombed Afghanistan — all to “spread liberty.” Karl Rove alleged in 2006 that George W. Bush “is committed to something no past president has ever attempted: spreading liberty to the broader Middle East.” Bush himself insisted last January that “our strategy is to spread liberty.” Apparently, freedom spreads around as easily as peanut butter.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 December 2009 15:29 Written by Jack Kenny Tuesday, 29 December 2009 14:19
In politics, it seems, nothing succeeds like failure. The most successful men in American political history are its most spectacular failures. Consider that the most important responsibilities that a President has are preserving our liberties and keeping the peace. Yet the Presidents we celebrate the most are those who led the nation into war and expanded the power of the state.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 February 2010 14:38 Written by Jack Kenny Tuesday, 29 December 2009 11:19
In 1909, in the great state of Illinois, school teachers one February day were directed to spend at least half the school day in public exercises, patriotic music, and recitations of sayings, verses, and speeches to mark the centennial birthday of a great hero. At the end of it all, they were to have their students face in the direction of Springfield and chant in unison the following:
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"Notwithstanding all the passionate fulminations of the spokesmen of governments, the inevitable consequences of inflationism and expansionism. are coming to pass. And then, very late indeed, even simple people will discover that Keynes did not teach us how to perform the 'miracle. of turning a stone into bread,' but the not at all miraculous procedure of eating the seed corn."-- Ludwig von Mises