What exactly does “Tennessee Stands” stand for? Promoting Gary Humble’s “Me First” agenda, which includes a laundry list of nutty conspiracy theories. Thanks to Ace of Spades HQ (here)! As some podcasters and social media influencers on the right descend into madness with nonsensical co…
Year: 2025
This Week’s Hall of Shame
There are always plenty of legal outrages (and highlights) to discuss on the Michael Patrick Leahy Show. First, N.Y. Attorney General Letitia “Big Tish” James’ tenant in her rental property in Virginia—the one that the E.D. Va. grand jury found she had procured through mortgage fraud̵…
Another Monday Morning Report
Here is the gist of what I discussed this morning on the Michael Patrick Leahy Show. President Trump seeks justice (“equal justice under the law”), public safety, and peace, and is—despite resistance–achieving all three. Justice: Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted (by …
Saving Can-Do: A Post-Trump Era Common Sense?
Alas, as with Thomas Paine, a rousing call to action is not the same as a blueprint for victory. This essay first appeared in Law & Liberty on October 3, 2025 (here). Political wisdom can be dispensed in small packages, as was the case with Thomas Paine’s succinct pamphlet, Common Sense, pu…
Monday Morning Report
Most Monday mornings I appear on the Michael Patrick Leahy Show to discuss politics and current events. Here is what we discussed today. People who are deluded about their sexual identity are mentally ill. “Gender Dysphoria” is listed in DSM-5. Mentally ill people are susceptible to violence,…
Elections Are the Bedrock of Representative Democracy
How can someone who professes to defend “election integrity” and vows to “put Tennessee voters back in charge” support eliminating primary elections? Selecting party nominees by caucus (i.e., insider cliques) would be a travesty. Thanks to the Tennessee Star (here) and Williamson W…
Tennessee’s AG, Jonathan Skrmetti, Is a Second Amendment Champion and Conservative Hero
Mainstream conservatives in Tennessee must recognize the threat presented by anti-GOP agitators posing as grassroots activists. They are demagogues using tactics and strategies from the Democrats’ playbook. Thanks to the Tennessee Star (here) and the Michael Patrick Leahy show (here)! As a …
Why Is Law Important?
Because if we are not a nation of laws, we are subject to the rule of men, which quickly devolves into mobs. The furor over Hughes v. Lee illustrates the chaos that could ensue. Thanks to the Tennessee Star (here) and the Michael Patrick Leahy Show (here)! I recently started to track the cases in…
Restoring Justice to Our Legal System
President Trump is making the rule of law great again. The Resistance to President Trump illustrates many things—the Uniparty establishment vs. the grassroots, special interests v. MAGA, ideology vs. common sense, etc.—but especially the potency of lawfare, which I described in an article for…
My Life in Williamson County
Since moving from East Tennessee to the Nashville area a few months ago, one of the biggest differences we have noticed is that people are better informed and more engaged; the local newspaper (the Williamson Herald) actually resembles a newspaper, as opposed to the Daily Times‘ reprinting …