Ep. 58 - The Truth About Mass Shootings

As I record this episode, we are living through the aftermath of two mass shootings – one at a Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas and one in the entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio. The reaction from the Left is as expected. Blame the NRA, blame rhetoric, blame guns, blame a perceived bias in society, blame everyone and everything except the shooters.
The Left has, yet again demonstrated themselves to be political opportunists disguised as compassionate onlookers. Their condemnation discrimination exposes their glaringly obvious double standard as they direct unfounded blame, condemnation and vitriol at their political opponents while ignoring the fact that many of these mass murderers are self-proclaimed liberals, socialists and communists.
They ignore mass shootings in Chicago, death and destruction in wars all over the world, and glorify and celebrate the murder of innocent babies in the womb while laying the blame of these mass shootings at the foot of Trump, the NRA and/or anyone who supports the Second Amendment.
Finding a solution is not their objective. Their objective is gun confiscation through liberty-limiting restrictions on gun ownership. The best long-term solution is a return of God to the public square. Short of that other solutions include law enforcement stepping up their game, reforming our mental health system, exploring red flag laws and eliminating gun-free zones.
We discuss all of this and more in this episode.
Show Notes:
Media Focus on Mass Shootings Shows a Disconnect from Actual Crime Trends
FBI Crime Statistics
Babylon Bee: Gun Violence
Mass Shootings Are Not Becoming More Common 
Seven Reasons to Oppose Red Flag Gun Laws
'We Have To Do Something!' Okay, Here Are Some Things We Can Do To Minimize Mass Shootings.
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:
Episode #2 - The Truth About Abortion - What About the Baby?
Episode #33 - The Truth About Abortion - Part II - Mental Gymnastics
Episode #46 - The Truth About Roe v. Wade - Sick and Twisted
Episode #47 - The Truth About Roe v. Wade - What They Don't Tell You
Episode #55 - The Truth About Freedom from Religion
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Ep. 56 - The Truth About Libra - Facebook's Cryptocurrency

Facebook’s recent congressional testimony before the House Financial Services Committee regarding their proposed cryptocurrency, Libra, caught my attention. It got me wondering: where in the Constitution does it grant the federal government the power to regulate a cryptocurrency or a social media platform? I posed that question on the Truth Quest Facebook Fan Page and immediately started researching this episode.
The truth is that cryptocurrencies in general and the Libra specifically pose a threat to many entities - central banks, power hungry government officials, and too-big-to-fail banks.
In this episode I explain what Libra is and examine the threat posed by it and other cryptocurrencies. Along the way we discuss the benefits of cryptocurrencies, congressional overreach, sound money, central banks and the concept of private money.
Show Notes:
Libra White Paper
Libra House Hearing
G7 Urges Strict Libra Regime, Eyes Minimum Tax
Alternative Currencies Such as Bitcoin are a Valuable Insurance Policy Against Feckless Government
Does Libra Threaten Monetary Sovereignty?
Fee.org
Why This Economist is Skeptical of Facebook's Grandiose Claims About the Libra
Why Facebook's New Cryptocurrency is No Threat to Bitcoin
Mises.org
Libra: Competitor to Inflationary Central Banks
Facebook's Fake Money
It's No Bitcoin: Facebook's Libra Currency Tied to Government Currencies
https://mises.org/wire/idea-alternative-currencies-going-mainstream
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Ep. 54 – The Truth About the Citizenship Question on the Census

Recently the Supreme Court issued an opinion regarding the Trump Administration’s effort to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census. We've been told by leading Democrats that the inclusion of the question is an effort to marginalize minorities, scare immigrants and, as Nancy Pelosi said, “making America white again.”
But what is the truth (and history) of this question and the census?
Show Notes:
Trump's Citizenship Question Isn't Controversial: Obama Deleting It Should've Been
The American Public Overwhelmingly Supports a Citizenship Question on 2020 Census Comments
Poll: Majority Say the Census Should be Able to Include Citizenship Question
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Ep. 50 - The Truth About Party Over Principles

It bothers me immensely when politicians and talking heads propose intellectually lazy and dishonest policies that they know will do more harm than good. Then your friends, family and the faceless, and often nameless, folks on social media jump on the bandwagon. Their prescriptions are not based on principles (or so I thought) rather, they appear to be based on party (or group think).
I am no longer willing to cut these folks any slack because they can easily spend a few minutes on an Internet search and read multiple sides of any argument or policy. They can easily spend a few minutes trying to determine what the truth is.
Why then does this phenomenon exist? Why do those who subscribe to this form of public policy advocacy resort to low-ball tactics when it comes to the treatment of their ideological foes? You know: name-calling, violence, vilification, shutting down the speech of dissenters, mocking, de-platforming, boycotting, and censorship!
After much reflection and study, I believe these people are, indeed, principle-driven. That principle is winning - - - winning at all costs. Nothing else explains this behavior.
Show Notes:
William Watkins – The New Absolutes
Pritical Thinking - Amazon
Pritical Thinking - eBooks
Michael Malice - The New Right
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:
Episode #4 - The Truth About Minimum Wage
Episode #7 -The Truth About Climate Change
Episode #31 - The Truth About Socialism - Part I
Episode #32 - The Truth About Socialism - Part II
Episode  #33 - The Truth About Abortion - Mental Gymnastics
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Ep. 47 - The Truth About Roe v Wade - Part II - What They Don’t Tell You

In this second episode on the Roe v. Wade opinion, we are going to walk through the second half of the opinion and expose you to parts that neither the pro-life nor the pro-abortion side of the debate ever mention. Namely the very clear language finding that the right to an abortion and the right to privacy is NOT absolute. The opinion clearly grants states the ability to regulate and ban abortions.
It's right there in black in white! Why isn't this common knowledge?
Show Notes:
Roe v. Wade opinion
Chapter 7 of Mark Levin’s Men in Black
The Real Jane Roe
Supreme Court Upholds Indiana Abortion Law Fetal Remains
Missouri Terminates It's Last Abortion Clinic After Finding Deficient Practices
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Ep. 46 - The Truth About Roe v Wade - Part I - Sick and Twisted

I think it is safe to say that the Roe v. Wade opinion is the most controversial Supreme Court opinion of the last 50 years. If not, the consequences of it certainly are with over 50 million abortions being performed. But what is the truth about the opinion? How many people have actually taken the time to read it?
Upon reading the opinion, I was struck by the intellectual dishonesty of the majority opinion and the lack of true constitutional analysis. I was also alarmed at the callous manner in which the life in the womb was characterized and the list of so-called valid reasons for ending an innocent life.
In this episode, I introduce or reintroduce you to the Roe case and walk you through Justice Harry Blackmun's majority opinion. At times it is sick and twisted but, in the end, the court surprisingly leaves the door wide open for state regulation of abortion.
Besides leading to the death of tens of millions of innocent lives, this opinion demonstrates just how far activist judges will go in pursuit of their policy preferences. I demonstrate this by dismantling their three primary citations - the right to privacy, the Ninth and the Fourteenth Amendment.
Show Notes:
Roe v. Wade opinion
Chapter 7 of Mark Levin’s Men in Black.
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:
Episode #2 – The Truth About Abortion – What about the Baby?
Episode #33 – The Truth About Abortion –  Mental Gymnastics
Episode #3 – The Truth About the Constitution - Where in the Constitution?
Episode #16 – The Truth About the Supreme Court
Episode #37 – The Truth About the Bill of Rights
Episode #43 – The Truth About the Federalist Papers - Part I
Episode #44 – The Truth About the Federalist Papers - Part II
Episode #45 – The Truth About the Federalist Papers - Part III
Episode #26 – The Truth About the Judeo-Christian Tradition
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Ep. 45 - The Truth About the Federalist Papers - Part III

In the last two episodes, I introduced or re-introduced you to The Federalist Papers and discussed some of the checks and balances in the Constitution - the legislative and executive branches of government. Today we are going to discuss, as Paul Harvey used to say, “The rest of the story!” – the Judicial branch, States Rights, taxation, the military, and a brief look at the Necessary and Proper and Supremacy clauses of the Constitution. 
Show Notes: 
Tenth Amendment Center publishes episode.
The Federalist Papers
The Original Argument, Glenn Beck
National Association of State Budget Officers
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:
Episode #3 – The Truth About the Constitution
Episode #16 - The Truth About the Supreme Court
Episode #23 - The Truth About Nullification
Episode #37 - The Truth About the Bill of Rights
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Ep. 43 - The Truth About the Federalist Papers - Part I

The Federalist Papers were written and published in New York newspapers in 1787-1788 in order to sway public opinion to approve and ratify the newly devised United States Constitution. The essays were written by three prominent members of the founding generation - Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
I consider these essays the user’s guide for the Constitution and, therefore, deserve at least a perfunctory understanding. Short of reading the debates from the constitutional convention and the state ratification debates, the Federalist Papers provide some of the best insights into the United States Constitution.
In this episode, we will cover 25-26 essays - those covering the topics of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, the arguments for a stronger centralized government and the system of checks and balances devised by the Constitution. In the next episode we will cover the Executive and Legislative branches followed by an episode that covers everything else - the judiciary, taxation, states’ rights and a few important miscellaneous musings.  
Show Notes:
Tenth Amendment Center publishes episode.
The Tenth Amendment Center Archives
The Federalist Papers
The Original Argument, Glenn Beck
Tom Woods Show - Episode 411 - Hillsdale Colleges Federalist Papers Course - Error and Propaganda
Hillsdale College Federalist Papers Course
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:
Episode #3 – The Truth About the Constitution
Episode #16 - The Truth About the Supreme Court
Episode #26 - The Truth About the Judeo-Christian Tradition
Episode #34 - The Truth About the Electoral College
Episode #37 - The Truth About the Bill of Rights
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Ep. 40 - The Truth About Islam, Christianity and Judaism

Regular listeners know that I attempt to record a Christian apologetic-related topic in every once in awhile. Today I compare and contrast the three major monotheistic world religions - Islam, Christianity and Judaism. They have a lot in common, which may be eye-opening to many. However, it is their divergences that really matter.
The bottom line is if one of them is true, the other two cannot be. It's great food for thought. I hope this episode prompts you to dig a little deeper in your faith or lack thereof.
Show Notes:
Acts17Apologetics - YouTube
The Quran, the Bible and the Islamic Dilemma
Truth Quest Episodes:
Episode #5 - The Truth About the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Episode #10 - The Truth About God and Evil
Episode #15 - The Truth About Prayer
Episode #22 - The Truth About Jesus Christ
Episode #26 - The Truth About the Judeo-Christian Tradition
Episode #30 - The Truth About the New Testament - Is it historically reliable?
Episode #35 - The Truth About the Existence of God
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Ep. 39 - The Truth About Student Loans and the Cost of College

The news is filled with stories about millennials and their student loans. We are told that, because of student loans, they are waiting longer to move out of their parents' home, get married, buy their first house and start families. We are told it is a generation crushed by debt. Unfortunately, very little time is spent analyzing why this is the case.
Why are college costs so much higher than they were in the past?
What is the truth about student loan debt and the cost of college?
Show Notes:
The Student Loan Trap
How Government Guaranteed Student Loans Killed the American Dream for Millions
Why College Tuition is So Expensive
Higher Education Institutions in the U.S. by Type
Walter Williams: Colleges Dupe Parents and Tax Payers
Truth Quest Podcast:
Episode #3 – The Truth About the Constitution – Where in the Constitution
Episode #9 - The Truth About the Healthcare in America
Forbes:
Price of College Increasing Almost Eight Times Faster than Wages
Student Loan Debt Statistics 2018 
Average Cost of College Statistics
The Federal Role in Education
A Sensible Way to Fix  the Student Loan Problem
Eleven Rage Inducing Facts About Americas Wildly Out of Control Student Loan Debt Bubble
Health Care Isn't Our Only Ludicrously Expensive Industry
International Liberty Blog - Daniel J. Mitchell:
Subsidies for Higher Education are Emptying the Pockets of Students and Lining the Pockets of Bureaucrats
Reduce Out of Control College Costs by Ending Government Subsidies
The Higher Education Bubble and Third Party Payer
Sunday Reflection: Higher Education Bubble Bursting So What Comes Next
College Offer Takes Percentage of Future Income: An Alternative to Student Loans
Four in 10 College Graduates Lack the Critical Thinking Skills
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