Article V Status Update
Progress of Applications for an Article V Convention – By Stuart MacPhail April 2020 There have been no new Article V applications for a convention of states - on any [...]
U.S. Constitution: Unknown Origins
A brief history of evolving and learning when and how to affect change. By Michael Kapic – April 2, 2020 Abstract A watershed moment occurred in 2013[1] with the publication [...]
Polling on Debt Controls
CPAC Attendees Report Strong Support for a BBA – By Stuart MacPhail April, 2020 The March 1 edition of The Washington Times reported on a straw poll conducted of attendees at [...]
Election Fraud
https://youtu.be/jUDTcxIqqM0 It's naive to think election fraud is not happening in America. And by all parties concerned. At least it is contained to some degree. If we lose the Electoral [...]
25th Article V Anniversary
A Sad 25th Anniversary – by Stuart MacPhail April, 2020 On March 18, Ralph Voss, a columnist for the Gasconade County Republican pointed out that March marked the 25th anniversary of [...]
Minimum Wage “Justice” Folly
Target, Which Cut Workers' Hours and Doubled Workloads, Shows the Folly in Wage Fixation Target’s wage floor increase likely pleased those preaching “wage justice,” but the wage hikes came at [...]
The Cure vs. the Disease
Panic Has Led to Government “Cures” That Are Worse than the Disease, History Shows Let’s take the novel coronavirus seriously, but let’s not throw reason, prudence, or the Constitution out [...]
Judge Shames Judiciary
Judge Lynn Adelman Embarrasses the Federal Judiciary A U.S. district judge has called Chief Justice John Roberts' promise to be an “umpire who calls the balls and strikes” a “masterpiece [...]
Election: Mail Ballot Fraud
Mail Ballots Are “The Wild West of Voter Fraud” Mail ballot fraud is by far the biggest voting integrity problem seen across Texas, says an assistant attorney general who prosecutes [...]
Run Stores Like Schools?
What If Grocery Stores Worked Like Public Schools? Education is important. It might be too important to leave to the government. Eric Schuler - February 23, 2017 One of the [...]
State in Trouble
WSJ March 7, 2020 Spendthrift Illinois Races Toward Default By trying to tax its way out of fiscal disaster, the state makes matters worse. There’s a simple solution. By Orphe [...]
Term Limits!
https://youtu.be/TnwGdl1YrQ8 Congress proposed the 22nd Amendment limiting its neighboring branch, the Executive, to two terms of office. It was approved by the states in February 1951. What about Congresses term [...]
Adam Smith: Father of Economics
By RAKESH SHARMA - Jul 6, 2019 Adam Smith was an 18th-century philosopher renowned as the father of modern economics and a major proponent of laissez-faire economic policies. In his first book, "The [...]
Education Alternatives
Alternatives to Public Education are Growing Jose Nino • March 4, 2020 At the community newspaper, Bluffton Today, Molly Clancy reported on the rising interest in private schooling. Clancy notes that families [...]
Basic Constitutional Civics
Fundamentals of our US Constitution Intended Audience: We the People Constitution Definition: The Constitution describes how our federal republican government is to work. The Bill of Rights define citizens protections [...]
Good Reads: Keeney & Dodsworth
Recommended Reading by Thoughtful, Little-Known Writers By Stuart MacPhail, March 2020 There are two little-known writers who keep pumping out worthy reads aimed at stimulating thought on the shortcomings of [...]
1619 Project Not Fit for Schools
The New York Times’ Correction To The 1619 Project Proves It Is Not Fit For Schools The New York Times has finally admitted a key error in the 1619 Project. [...]
Medical Injustice
WSJ March 7, 2020 A Court Corrects a Medical Injustice Cardiologist Richard Paulus went to prison because another doctor disagreed with his opinion. By Kyle Clark and Andrew George | [...]
Grateful for America!
Americans, All Americans, Should Be Grateful for Their Country By Paul S. Gardiner - February 7, 2019 The late political commentator Charles Krauthammer said, in describing the constitutional republic established by [...]
COS Project Update
Convention of States Project Keeps Pressing Forward By Stuart MacPhail – March, 2020 The Convention of States Project (CoSP) with 15 of the needed 34 state-approved applications is currently most active in [...]