Ep. 59 - The Truth About What We Agree On

I don't know about you but sometimes I get tired of discussing all the areas where we disagree politically or on public policy issues. In this episode I attempt to focus on things that most of us agree on such as government spending, right-to-try laws, the surveillance state, sound money, war, tort reform, term limits, the War on Drugs and the War on Poverty.
Does it not make sense to first focus on the few things in which we agree and then circle back to the numerous head-butting issues that divide us?
Show Notes:
Little Public Support for Reductions in Federal Spending
Will Trump's Backing Revive Moribund Term Limits Movement?
Study Shows Police Lying about Asset Forfeiture
Poverty in the U.S. Was Plummeting—Until Lyndon Johnson Declared War On It
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:
Episode #2 - The Truth About Abortion - What About the Baby?
Episode #19 - The Truth About Elections and Washington, D.C.
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
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Ep. 55 - The Truth About Freedom From Religion

I came across an article about a lawsuit brought by the Freedom From Religion Foundation against an Ohio middle school over their display of the Ten Commandments, a gift from the Class of 1926. As I read through the FFRF's press release, I grew more and more confused and irritated. Among other things, they applauded "the district for taking action to remedy this violation." That word, "violation" struck my curiosity but it only took two sentences later to find out what they were referring to - the Supreme Court's propensity to find religious displays, such as the Ten Commandments, unconstitutional as violations of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
This sent me on a quest for the truth about this anti-intuitive idea of freedom "from" religion.
Show Notes:
Original Intent, David Barton
92 Year Old Ten Commandments Plaque Removed School After Atheists Complain
Ohio School Removes Religious Plaque Following FFRF Intervention
Institute for Justice
Alliance Defending Freedom
Landmark Legal Foundation
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:
Episode #14 – The Truth About Obamacare
Episode #16 – The Truth About the Supreme Court
Episode #23 – The Truth About Nullification
Episode #37 – The Truth About the Bill of Rights
Episode #46 – The Truth About Roe v. Wade - Part I
Episode #47 – The Truth About Roe v. Wade - Part II
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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. 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. 38 - The Truth About the Democratic Party

In this episode we examine the historical record of the national Democratic Party and then fast-forward to present day and uncover the real motivations behind their radical agenda.
Why do they take such hard line positions on policies like abortion, illegal immigration, welfare, gay marriage, socialized medicine, guns control, climate change, minimum wage and higher taxes? Why do they advocate for socialism? None of these policies have the support of the majority of Americans yet they are all a prominent fixture in the platform that the national Democratic Party.
Show Notes:
PragerU – The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party
Truth Quest Podcast Episodes:
Episode #31 – The Truth About Socialism – Part I
Episode #32 – The Truth About Socialism – Part II
Episode #2 – The Truth About Abortion – What About the Baby?
Episode #33 – The Truth About Abortion – Mental Gymnastics
Episode #34 – The Truth About the Electoral College
Episode #26 – The Truth About the Judeo-Christian Tradition
Episode #4 – The Truth About Minimum Wage
Episode #18 – The Truth About Gun Control
Episode #7 – The Truth About Climate Change – Part I
Episdoe #9 – The Truth About Healthcare in America
Episode #12 – The Truth About Socialized Medicine
Episode #14 – The Truth About Obamacare
Episode #17 – The Truth About Healthcare Reform
Episode #3 – The Truth About the Constitution
Episode #37 – The Truth About the Bill of Rights
Episode #16 – The Truth About the Supreme Court
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Ep. 19 - The Truth About Elections and Washington D.C.

Do you ever question the amount of time and energy spent fretting about the politics coming out of Washington D.C.? The Founding Fathers never thought that the average American would spend much time pondering the goings-on in D.C. After all, the federal government's power was constitutionally restricted. In this brief episode, I suggest an alternative to our seemingly unending focus on all things D.C.
Show Notes:
Washington D.C. is Beyond Reform, Focus on Your State
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Ep. 17 - The Truth About Healthcare Reform

The reason the American healthcare system is in such a mess is because of decades of government intervention and the third-party payer system. If we reduce government involvement and bring back capitalistic, free market principles, conditions will improve; it’s almost guaranteed. In a nutshell, real healthcare reform can be accomplished by encouraging a patient-centered, market-based system that eliminates or, at least, minimizes government involvement in the system.
True to the title of this episode, I will walk you through some concrete examples of how the American healthcare system can be reformed.
Show Notes:
How to Reform Health Care in America
When Health Insurance Works: A Look Inside Switzerland's Healthcare System
Repealing Obamacare Won't Fix the Healthcare Mess
The Evil-Mongering of the American Medical Association
Fee.org
Healthcare Sharing Ministries
Three Ways Regulations Make Healthcare More Expensive
Why Doctors Should be Certified Like Airline Pilots
Mises.org
Stop Hating High Deductible Health Plans
The Problem with Government Licensing Schemes
Not Every Health Condition is Insurable
How to Rollback Bad Health Care Laws
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Ep. 16 - The Truth About the Supreme Court

Every year the country waits with bated breath over the latest Supreme Court opinions. If we were living true to the Constitution, this would never happen because the Supreme Court is not supreme when it comes to deciding the constitutionality of a law! Think you disagree? Listen to learn the truth about the Supreme Court.
Show Notes:
Tenth Amendment Center published Episode #16
Books:
Men in Black, Mark Levin
Origin Intent, David Barton
The Naked Constitution, Adam Freedman
The Tenth Amendment Center:
Who Made the Supreme Court King?
No, Enforcing Unconstitutional Acts Will Not Save the System
Vetting Kavanaugh According to the Constitution
The Supreme Court's Job is to Protect Americans from Democracy
Thomas Sowell Explains Wickard v. Filburn
Mises.org:
The Supreme Court is Much Too Powerful
The Supreme Court: Why the Stakes are So High
Why We're Losing Freedom - Prager University
Kris Anne Hall
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Ep. 14 - The Truth About Obamacare

There are a lot of things wrong with the Obamacare law passed in 2010. Besides the fact that the law is unconstitutional, I outline four other things that are wrong with it:
#1 - The way the law was drafted
#2 - The way the law was passed
#3 - The way the law was upheld by the Supreme Court
#4 - The consequences of the law
Show Notes:
If Obamacare Is Constitutional, then Why Did the Founding Fathers Bother with a List of Enumerated Powers?
Healthcare is Not a Federal Power
Would You Prefer Privatization or a Death Panel?
Obamacare and the Odious Anti-Constitutionalism of Chief Justice John Roberts
Good Morning Liberty Podcast - Obamacare Back in Court: What's Happening and What Needs to be Done?
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