Updated: $35,000 To Anyone Who Provides The College Transcripts of President Barack Obama

Update: 9/18/2012 - With even more support from the community, the bounty is now $35,000. Update: 5/21/ 2012 - Due to additional support from the community we’re raising the bounty for Obama’s transcripts to $20,000. You’ve failed, media. You’ve had over three years to vet President Barack Obama. Yet in three years in office and [...]

Federalism Follow-up

I know what you’re thinking. “After those three posts in that series (somewhere around 12,000 words, in total), you’re writing another piece on federalism?” Why, yes. Yes I am. And, if you haven’t seen the others, you should read Part 1 (Context), and Part 2 (Theory), and, most importantly, Part 3 (Practice). Based on the [...]

Federalism: In Context, In Theory, and In Practice - Part 3

Part 3 - Practice This series began with a lengthy article exposing the latest attempt to circumvent the Constitution, under the rubric of “Progressive Federalism”. Another in-depth piece was posted yesterday, attempting to explain what Founding-era federalism actually is, as opposed to what we’ve been so carefully taught to believe. With that foundation laid down, [...]

Federalism: In Context, In Theory, and In Practice - Part 2

Part 2: In Theory In Part One of this series, I laid out the case that federalism has been widely misconstrued, mercilessly ridiculed, and meticulously bastardized throughout the 20th century. This has culminated, in the past two years, with Heather Gerken’s “progressive federalism” lunacy (which I exposed in gory detail in that piece). The fact [...]

Federalism: In Context, In Theory, and In Practice - Part 1

Part One: Context If you read The Trenches, follow any of our team on Twitter or Facebook, or speak to any of us in person, you’ve probably heard the term “federalism.” Further, if you’ve listened to Mark Levin in the past year, or Jim DeMint on Rush Limbaugh’s show a couple of weeks ago, or [...]

The Moral Case for Less Gun Control

The idea of America is just as much a moral premise as a governmental structure. To fully understand that moral premise, we have to look to the Constitution’s rule of law. But we can’t stop there. We must go back 13 years, to the Declaration of Independence. Much of it detailed the “long train of [...]

…Another Man’s Treasure

Or: “Maxims, Idioms, and Saws (Oh, My!)” There are hundreds of maxims and idioms which have become commonplace in the American English lexicon. As such, they are all but universally accepted as almost having the weight of law. Those familiar with my radio shows and/or other writings here at The Trenches will know that I [...]

QE4 (Quackery Escalating 4 Eva!)

Today the Federal Reserve scammers announced the latest round in its snake oil pitch… Quantitative Easing 4. QE3 brought us those lovely mortgage-backed securities (those never caused a problem before… oh wait…), and now they’re buying massive amounts of Treasury securities every month. Oy. Who pays the piper when it’s time to unload all these [...]

Meet The 3 Unionists Who Attacked Steven Crowder Et Al In Lansing

We’re sure you’ve already heard of the attacks against Fox News contributor Steven Crowder. Sure, Steven made some rookie moves in a street fight scenario (don’t ever turn your back on people who’ve already attacked you), but he’s young and a good kid. I can say this because I’ve known Steven in real life for [...]