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OPINION: Decentralized Power

November 11, 2025 Jeb Smith

I have been a big advocate for decentralized power, which would allow diversity of opinion, practices, and so on, providing greater freedom as people could live with diverse policies. However, after the Civil War, America’s “one nation” ruins such choice, and replaces freedom with force, obligating everyone to follow the dictates of the center, controlled … Read more

What if we Made Taiwan the 51st US State?

August 5, 2022 Op-Ed

Each threat, or potential threat, must be evaluated uniquely. With that said, we cannot engage China in a protracted proxy war as we have with Russia through Ukraine. The Chinese Communists are masters of protracted and indirect conflict, and they are extremely patient. Historically the underlying Chinese Communist conflict strategy has been focused on protracted … Read more

Statehood for Syria and Afghanistan …

January 23, 2021 Ed Mosca

So did you know that on “Day One” Imposter-President Joe Biden reinvaded Syria: If we are going to indefinitely maintain military occupations of Syria and Afghanistan, then why don’t we just make them States? This last election was all about democracy prevailing, right? Shouldn’t the people of Syria and Afghanistan have a say in the … Read more

New Hampshire Ranks 23rd for Slowest COVID19 Reopen Plan in America

January 8, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Multistate US grabbed a ton of data about each state’s political response to COVID19. Their focus is on how open they are now or how quickly they plan to reopen. Some have gone backward, and the rankings are a reflection of that. New Hampshire is in the bottom half of the pack at number twenty-eight.

How About A Confederation of States?

December 22, 2020

Texas State GOP Chairman Allen West had this to say about the SCOTUS decision on the Texas case: “The Supreme Court, in tossing the Texas lawsuit that was joined by seventeen states and 106 members of Congress, has decreed that a state can take unconstitutional actions and violate its own election law.

NH Only Ranks 24th Nationally for Financial Health – We Need to Do Better

September 24, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The Granite State has a way of doing very well on just about every metric. But we’ve got a few Achilles heels. We rely too much on federal money, and our pension debt is an ugly bruise we’re trying to heal. And then came COVID, which also impacted our Truth in Accounting’s Financial State of the States report ranking.

The Legislative Branch of Government (Article I, Section I)

September 1, 2020

Article I of the U.S. Constitution describes the Legislative branch of government. It is the first and is arguably the most important branch of government. Do you know what the founders actually set up and why? Do you think the current system is the original system?

Quick (and late) Thought: Trump was wrong in this

May 2, 2020 Skip

Trump On Ordering States To Reopen For Business: The Authority Of The President Of The United States Is “Total” REPORTER: In regard to some of your tweets earlier today, what provision in the Constitution gives the president the power to open or close state economies? TRUMP: "Numerous — numerous provisions. We can give you a … Read more