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Matthew Rhodes 
The real battleground The existential yearnings emerging inside the hearts and minds of people throughout the world—yearnings that no doubt have existed since time began, though not always consciously realized—are stirring like the struggle of a chrysalis. They are the desire to be heard, to be felt, to be recognized, and, above all, to be … Read more
What Draining the Swamp Should Look Like Supporters of Donald Trump often argue that his presidency represents a meaningful challenge to the administrative state and to global governance structures. The claim is typically framed in long-term terms: that Trump is engaged in a process of dismantling entrenched power, even if the results are not yet … Read more
While righteous indignation is spreading over the so-called Somali affair—real or imagined—the question Americans should be asking is not who offended whom, who received money, or which group violated some moral expectation, but what structural architecture of the Administrative State makes situations like this inevitable in the first place and why Americans are conditioned to … Read more
Education, EFAs, and Administrative Inheritance Entering Charles Merriam’s Marble Cake Factory Education policy in the United States is often framed as a simple contest between federal authority and state authority, as though the two operate in separate spheres. In practice, modern education governance functions through an administrative ecosystem shaped by federal statutes, federal agency rulemaking, … Read more
Entering Charles Merriam’s Marble Cake Factory The Administrative Procedure Act (APA), enacted in 1946, is often described as the foundational statute of modern administrative law. Its stated purpose was procedural: to regularize agency rulemaking, ensure public notice, provide opportunities for comment, and define standards for judicial review. As Encyclopaedia Britannica summarizes, the Act was intended … Read more
Subtitle: The Death of Responsibility When I was a child, I loved horror movies about vampires and werewolves. Later, growing up in the 80’s, I watched my share of generic slasher films, but those never appealed to me. My curiosity was always for the stories that blurred the line between the metaphysical world I was … Read more
The idea of the “cult of Santa Claus” has been on my mind for a long time, long before I ever tried to articulate it publicly. It began years ago during a conversation with one of my state legislators. He had become fixated on sending out surveys and polls to his constituents, asking what their … Read more
HB25, the 2025 Capital Improvement Appropriations Act, is New Hampshire’s latest example of government abandoning its rightful role to play investor, developer, and dispenser of taxpayer-funded favors. On its face, the bill looks like any other biennial capital budget—allocating $137.6 million from the General Fund to fix buildings, patch roads, and upgrade facilities. But once … Read more
How Hyper‑Planning Defines Liberty in New Hampshire I have come to realize that New Hampshire, far from being a bastion of freedom, is quietly becoming a textbook case of Charles Merriam’s vision of administrative progressivism. The technocratic restructuring of government that Merriam called for in the early twentieth century—replacing representative institutions with expert-driven administrative bodies—is … Read more
A recent executive order issued under the banner of “withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization” has generated considerable attention. At first glance, the order appears to fulfill a long-standing demand from Americans concerned about foreign influence in public health governance. However, a closer examination of the text reveals that it falls short … Read more
The ACRE Act of 2025 Must Be Opposed Few things are more destructive to liberty than when laws are written under the guise of compassion or economic aid, only to conceal their true purpose: the enrichment of the powerful and the institutionalization of inequality. Senate Bill 838, also known as the “Access to Credit for … Read more
NO More Kings A just and legitimate government understands the sacred nature of free will. Free will is not a fringe idea—it is the cornerstone of human dignity. It’s the simple truth that God does not desire automatons or slaves, but men and women who freely choose to know Him, love Him, and serve Him. … Read more
How a German Bureaucratic Model Replaced the Constitutional Republic For decades, Americans have debated whether their government has grown too large, too intrusive, or simply out of control. But what if this transformation was not an accident—but by design? What if the modern administrative state was built on an imported ideology—one that reshaped the very … Read more
Fixing America Starts With Education. Most Americans are not taught what’s in the Constitution, nor are they aware of its limitations on government that have helped make America great. The John Birch Society has a new series of DVDs for you to learn how the Constitution was intended to secure rights, not to enable the … Read more
On August 31st at 6:30 PM at Marion Gerrish Community Center, 39 W. Broadway in Derry, NH, those who desire the truth about why our government continues to get more powerful while citizens lose more freedom should attend a PowerPoint presentation by James Perloff entitled: “ AN OLIGARCHY CONTROLS AMERICA — FACT OR CONSPIRACY THEORY.” … Read more
A silent war has been fought since the 1970s in State legislatures to destroy the U.S. Constitution through an Article V Constitutional Convention (ConCon) method to amend the Constitution. Mostly it still moves behind the headlines toward this goal. Flag-waving and firecrackers on the 4th of July are wonderful demonstrations of patriotism, but they do … Read more