A New Gold Seizure: Possibility or Paranoia?
Anyone who studies America's present monetary and banking systems is aware of their inherent instability. They are crises waiting—and in the long run certain—to...
The Constitution Limits the President Even as “Commander in Chief”
Amidst the flood of propaganda these days on behalf of what must be the most breathtaking expansion of Presidential power since Franklin Roosevelt's New...
Con Permiso, Mi Presidente
Now I have heard everything. Well, almost everything. Well, at least enough to compel me to write this Commentary.
Apparently some Congressmen, finally realizing that...
A Constitutional “Litmus Test” for Judicial Nominees
With all the ballyhoo in Washington and the big media over nominations to the Supreme Court, it dawned on me that, if I were...
The False Alternatives Behind “Homeland Security”
In the debate on continuation of the so-called "Patriot Act" and other legislation of its ilk, Americans have been saturated with the contention of...
Money Issue May be the Establishment’s Achilles’ Heel in its War on “Islamic Fundamentalism”
No careful student of history can fail to be impressed by the interconnectedness of ideas and events in every civilization's rise and fall—especially that...
Revitalizing the Militia Can Promote Monetary Reform
Political theory identifies the two greatest powers of government as The Power of the Purse and The Power of the Sword. Therefore, if any...
The Constitutional Militia, Slavery, and Contemporary “Gun Control”
Studying the Colonial and State Militia Acts of the 1600s and 1700s reveals a stark divergence between the principles of the constitutional "Militia of...
Education is the Key to Monetary Reform
Few matters in contemporary politics are as striking as the disproportion between the silliness of the arguments in favor of doing nothing to reform...
Are You Doing Your Constitutional Duty for “Homeland Security”?
What is the fundamental constitutional institution for "homeland security"? On the answer to this question may depend the continued independence and freedom of the...
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