Demagogues The first two parts of this series presented counterarguments to the justifications for the administrative state and decried how blind dependence upon experts erodes self-confidence within society. This is […]
Category: Federalism
The Epoch of Experts, Part 2
The Effect on Society Part one of this series explored the evolution of the bureaucratic state. The key claim that enabled it to become the leviathan the founders feared was […]
The Epoch of Experts, Part 1
The Administrative State The framers of the Constitution devised a system of government that divided power among three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The intent was for the branches to […]
SOS: Save Our States
The Little Federal Model Debate on the fourth resolution of the Virginia Plan started on 31 May 1787 in the Constitutional Convention. The proposal was “that the members of the […]
How to Restore Confidence in Elections
As a result of writing the Report on US Voting Systems, I was called to testify at the Legislative Audit Committee in Denver. Since that time, I have been asked […]
Computer Modeling
Randy Larsen (best selling author of Our Own Worst Enemy) asked me to write a 1400-word article to explain computer modeling in laymen’s terms. This article was originally posted on […]
Who’s on top?
Anyone paying attention knows the United States is in peril. Of course, there are those in denial. There are also those who are cheering the downfall. But the inescapable fact […]
Report on US Voting System Requirements
As a seasoned computer architect, I was curious about the engineering behind our voting systems. BY Dennis Haugh After the negative reactions to the 2016 election results by the Democratic […]
Should You Fear Our Military?
In 2021, I was working with other former military folks to counter the inculcation of our military into a woke ideology. It was obvious within our merry band that a […]
One Government; One Party
Totalitarian states all have one thing in common—a single political party rules. Whether these states are labeled fascist, national socialist (really the same thing as fascist), socialist, or communist, one […]
Limiting Unelected Bureaucrats
As noted in the prior post on Term Limits or Rotation of Office, there has been an awakening in the country that there is a permanent ruling class that is […]
Term Limits or Rotation of Office?
There has been an awakening in the nation that we are suffering from a ruling class that is divorced from American society. Incumbency is what enables the problem, and the […]
The nuts and bolts of Article V
Article V is perhaps the least understood part of the US Constitution. In general, there is an understanding that it is the amendment process, but how it functions is surrounded […]
The Current Constitutional Crises
Constitutional crises in the United States are somewhat rare, but they are inevitable. Just getting the Constitution ratified by the thirteen states amounted to a series of crises. They culminated […]
The Meaning of the Preamble
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and […]
Judicial Review or Judicial Supremacy? (Marbury v. Madison)
Understanding Constitutional checks and balances stands as perhaps the shiniest example of the failure of the educational system in the 20th century. If one looks up “checks and balances” on […]
McCulloch v. Maryland and Federalism
The following analysis only considers the text of the Supreme Court opinion. It does not consider the arguments brought before the Court that affected the issues presented. The talent of […]
Responses to assertions on the John Birch Society website
The John Birch Society is vehemently opposed to an Article V convention of states. The following paper analyses the assertions on their website. Article VI, not Article V The JBS […]
Step-by-step Evolution of Article V in Convention
Step-by-step Convention Notes on Article V The Convention convened its first quorum on Friday, 25 May 1787. On Tuesday, 29 May 1787, Edmund Randolph presented the Virginia Plan. Resolution 13 […]
How Article V Came to Be
Article V of the US Constitution defines the amendment process. The process itself has two stages: 1) proposal and 2) ratification. There are two variants of each stage.[1] The first […]
How Federal is the US Constitutional System?
The key to stability in the design of the US Constitution is the application of Newton’s third law of physics to the political process, where self-interested parties check the power […]
Federalism Can Remedy Two Existing Issues
When we think of the US Constitution, we instinctively think of what the founding generation called “the frame of government”. That is, we think of the three branches of the […]
