Parillo Examines Federalist 9 and 10
In Federalist 9 Hamilton tells us why it was important that we spent the time understanding the lessons of the Greeks and Romans.
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Justice Clarence Thomas: “Progressivism is an Existential Threat to America”
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas delivered an insightful and important speech at the University of Texas recently that I wish every American could have heard.
Federalist 3 and 4
John Jay still writing as Publius, jumps back into the fray with Federalist 3 arguing that a single country, and a single constitution, would be safer for the citizens than to remain individual states.
California’s Governor Is Not “The State”
A now leading Democratic candidate for California governor is radical, event for that wacked state.
Federalist I and II
The Federalist Papers were written under the pseudonym “Publius,” whose authors had him acting the part of a founder of the Roman Republic. I do not think that was an accident.
No matter how much you hate the credentialed media, you do not hate them enough!
When it comes to posts on Twitter, I have gotten away from doing the easy thing and embedding them to taking screenshots and then embedding the links to them. I use them for illustrations on my site, because tweets are not copyrighted, and because they serve as a permanent record. Well, apparently Bethany Allen, whose …
The Cognitive Coup de Main of America
I write these articles to sound the warning to our national security leaders. We are in the midst of a major war, taking place both domestically and globally. It is a Cognitive War for which our leaders remain unaware, unprepared, and unarmed. I hope you will read and pass this onto others, members of Congress, or members of our national security apparatus and this Administration. My warning remains unanswered!
Washingtonians: Which Grifters Will Receive YOUR State Income Taxes?
Democrats are now salivating over how they can steer most of the money into the operating budget to pay for an array of new services, programs and grifts. Watch for NEW NGOs to spring up across the state run by the Democrats’ cronies. Expect Somalis to get some of it.
Trusted There. Restricted Here; Restoring Trust and Rights
If we trust a service member overseas with a loaded rifle, real rules of engagement, and life-and-death decisions in a combat zone, it makes no sense to suddenly treat that same disciplined professional like a liability the moment they step onto a stateside installation; this policy correction acknowledges a simple truth long overdue—responsibility doesn’t evaporate at the gate. The men and women we entrust to defend the nation are trained, vetted, and held to standards far above the civilian baseline, and if we truly believe in that system, then extending reasonable trust for personal defense at home isn’t radical, it’s consistent. And if someone genuinely cannot be trusted with a firearm under controlled conditions on base, then the harder question isn’t about policy—it’s about why they’re in uniform in the first place.
Two Wings, One Bird: How We Traded a Republic for a Revenue Machine
We like to pretend we live in a fierce two-party system. Red vs. blue. Left vs. right. Cable news gladiators screaming like it’s the Super Bowl of righteousness. But step back far enough and the illusion fades. What you actually see is one bird with two wings—and that bird doesn’t care about your values, your vote, or your virtue. It worships one thing: money.
Mayday, Mayday: The Return of the American Strike Fantasy
The roots go back to the late 19th century, when American labor was less “9 to 5” and more “sunup to collapse.” The rallying cry was simple: eight hours for work, eight for rest, eight for life. In 1886, that demand erupted into nationwide strikes, culminating in the infamous Haymarket Affair in Chicago. A bomb, gunfire, dead police, dead civilians, and a trial that still sparks debate today. It was messy, chaotic, and deeply human—exactly the kind of event that leaves a permanent scar on history.
Today’s No Kings, Pro-Iran Quislings: A Reminder of America’s Vietnam War Turncoats
I thought I had seen the last of traitorous Americans cursing our soldiers or calling for them to be killed when the last American combat troops were pulled out of Vietnam following the 1973 Paris Peace Treaty. After the disgusting display by anti-American, pro-Iran thugs in Philadelphia and the perfidious “No Kings” protestors last weekend, it appears I was wrong.
We CAN Denaturalize & Deport “Americans:” We Merely Need The Will
The man who shot and killed an instructor at Old Dominion University on March 12, 2026 was a naturalized citizen WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED OF TERRORISM. In 2016 Jalloh was convicted of attempting to provide material support to ISIS and sentenced to 11 years in federal prison.
We Forgot About the Domestic Enemies
America is pretty good at protecting itself from foreign threats, but we’ve been guilty of ignoring the enemies within our borders. Now we’re at risk of losing America as it was founded, because of that oversight.
Will We Rise to the Franklin Challenge?
The debate about calling a convention of states is raging across the country. Whether we meet Ben Franklin’s challenge in the 21st century is yet to be determined. So far only 19 states have accepted the “if you can keep it” challenge, and passed resolutions calling for a convention.
America at 250: Public Servants Were the Idea. Tax Servants Is What We Got
Two and a half centuries ago, the American founders attempted something radical. They built a government specifically designed not to accumulate too much power. It was intentionally slow, limited, and divided against itself. The idea was simple: if ambition countered ambition, tyranny would have a hard time getting traction.
The Surveillance State and the Tyrannical Bird
The Founders built a system based on an assumption that now sounds almost quaint: government power would be limited by reality. Communication was slow. Information was scarce. The federal government had trouble collecting taxes, let alone tracking the daily movements of its citizens. If the government wanted to watch someone in 1790, it needed a horse, a spy, and probably a tavern receipt.
Returning to the Founding: Does the Presidential Pardon Power Extend to State Offenses? An Originalist Reexamination
I have long accepted the conventional view that the President’s constitutional power to grant pardons extends only to federal offenses leaving violations of state law beyond his reach. However, when one examines the historical and textual record more closely, one begins to question whether this limitation truly reflects the original understanding at the Founding.
Separation of Powers Is Not Immunity from Accountability
Hannah Dugan and a rogue’s gallery of activist district judges don’t seem to understand that “we the people” spoke on November of 2024. We want the immigration crisis created by President Asterisk, fixed. With dozens of Democrat appointed judges trying to pretend that our electoral decisions don’t count, it is past time for them to experience accountability.