1st Amendment

Madison: George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation Crashed 1st Amendment

NOTE- This essay was originally published on 24 Nov, 2014 Mandeville, LA - We will all hear a lot about Washington's Thanksgiving proclamation of 1789 and how this holiday has its roots in the Christian tradition. While this is true and not the point of this post it's still worth noting. Let me get to the point. Late in his retirement James Madison began to develop his theory over he […]

November 24, 2015 7

Transcripts

Schumer & Co. Up To No Good Re-Writing 1st Amendment So It Suits Them

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "Here’s the headline, “Schumer: Senate has votes for media shield law.” What do you need a media shield law for? The First Amendment is pretty clear, “Congress shall make no law.” If Congress shall make no law, not only would that include the printing of something that Congress may not like, it would also include the process under which the person that was going […]

December 30, 2014 6

Pile Of Prep

In Libyan Response The Right Proves It Enjoys Bombing Brown People

Romney takes what could have been a Statesman's calling and turned it into a shameful, P.T. Barnum episode in foreign policy. While the War Council at Fox News & Talk Radio Stations cheered, Independents watched in stunned, disbelief, wondering how John McCain's "Lehman Bros moment" from 2012 could possibly happen again Michael Brendan Dougherty explains why embassies in foreign lands are NOT Alamo's AmConMag's Larison: Romney's self inflicted Libya wound […]

September 13, 2012 10

Liberty Institute

James Madison’s “Remonstrance” on Religious Rights of Man Created the First Amendment

Mandeville, LA - There has been ample discussion the past 24 hours as there has been since the dawn of the "Religious Right" in the late 1970's over the purported "Faith Based Constitution" and "Christian Nation" that "HE" erected on these shores. I am guilty of this hyperbole and historic distortion my self, recorded in one passage of "The Road To Independence". Full disclosure, I am a practicing Catholic, a […]

September 11, 2012 4

Pile Of Prep

Republicans: Acting Like Statists Since 1988 – Except When Actual Statists Have the White House

What would "conservatism" look like if "conservatives" from the past were actually consulted? Brion McClanahan and Clyde Wilson have the answer in "Forgotten Conservatives in American History" AGAIN: Incorporating the 2nd Amendment is what gives Congress the newfound power to "grab your guns" 16 year old Chinese girl smashes her own records, beats Ryan Lochte and sets a world record in swim event that we're supposed to believe is the […]

July 31, 2012 8