by P.A. Deacon | May 13, 2018 | Foreign Policy, James Madison, War
When we talk about federal overreach, most people think about domestic issues. They focus on federal actions related to education, healthcare, social policy, guns, religion and so-on. But federal overreach in the realm foreign policy is just as dangerous to American... 
by Tenth Amendment | Oct 11, 2017 | Foreign Policy, War
The following article by Jacob G. Hornberger was originally published at the Future of Freedom Foundation. On July 21, 1821, John Quincy Adams, who would go on to become the sixth president of the United States, warned that if America were ever to abandon its founding... 
by P.A. Deacon | Jun 11, 2017 | Eleven Years, Foreign Policy, Founders, Patrick Henry, War, War Powers
Apologists for the state often argue that criticism of the federal government must not encroach on national defense and foreign affairs. This is particularly true of Republicans, but Democrats are increasingly arguing in favor of a unitary presidency; especially as... 
by P.A. Deacon | Mar 5, 2017 | Book and Movie Reivews, Eleven Years, Foreign Policy, War, War Powers
War is a vehicle for federal power. Wars and threats of war create opportunities for the federal government to centralize military, economic, and political authority. This is clearly laid out in Walter Karp’s absorbing book The Politics of War: The Story of Two Wars... 
by P.A. Deacon | Oct 15, 2016 | Eleven Years, Foreign Policy, War, War Powers
Who was the last American Presidential candidate to campaign on a pro-war platform? No major party candidate, in my lifetime, explicitly campaigned to lead the military into an offensive war. Interventionists from the left and right always argue that the wars of the... 
by P.A. Deacon | Oct 6, 2016 | Eleven Years, Federal Power, Federal Programs, Foreign Policy, War, War Powers
On a superficial level, it would seem America’s wars only affect people and places outside the country’s borders – in the land where the war is waged. However, this is a misguided understanding ignoring the downstream effects of war. In truth, the warfare state and...