The Ohio Republic

It's sunrise at The Ohio Republic as we move to our new location at www.ohrepublic.COM . The remodeled blog will continue to contain my opinions and state news as before,  but will also tie...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/03/we-moved.html

It's almost hard to know where to start. My book, Governing Ourselves is now available online from my publisher, BookLocker.com (preferred -- higher royalty ;) ). On the BookLocker site, you ...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/03/lots-of-changes-going-on.html

I have been advised by an anti-secessionist blogger in Vermont that The Ohio Republic is a "neo-Confederate, neo-Nazi, Paleoconservative, Racist, White Separatist, anti-Government Sovereignty Ac...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/02/pc-hit-squad-attacks-ohio-republic.html

Contrary to a popular belief, liberty is not a "conservative" issue. To be sure, conservative pundits like Sean Hannity and Mark Levin would like us to believe that it is, so liberty lovers will...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/02/liberty-is-not-conservative-issue.html

In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote, "Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes." However, th...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/02/secession-should-never-be-taken.html

After getting into two highly acrimonious debates with individuals who are more interested in promoting political correctness than to listen to reasoned dissent, I have to ask myself what America...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/02/what-is-america-about.html

> The most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were > at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in > a million is fit to�...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/02/quotation-of-day.html

Bill Yarbrough Bill Yarbrough is a nice guy. If you met him in person, you would think he was too nice a guy to run for public office. But he has a problem. People hate Congress but adore th...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/02/tiberi-tragedy.html

Ron Paul is anti-war because he knows what war is like:      Santorum           Obama                      Paul                Ro...

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Yes! writes Constitutional expert Rob Natelson, author of The Original Constitution , writing for the blog at the Tenth Amendment Center . Commenting on the National Defense Appropriations Act, ...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/02/can-americans-be-locked-up-on-mere.html

I have often written that my rule is "WWJD?" In spiritual matters, what would Jesus do, and in political what would Jefferson do. Here is an excellent example of an issue where I stand with Thoma...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/01/political-wwjd.html

You do not have to be an anarchist to appreciate this critique of socialism: Disclaimer: I am not an anarchist, and will explain in some detail why in my book Governing Ourselves: How Americ...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/01/anarchists-have-point.html

Yesterday , I introduced the proposed "Ohio for Ohioans" Amendment to the Ohio Constitution to provide a means to effectively enforce nullification of federal statutes in violation of the U.S. C...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/01/ohio-for-ohioans-amendment-good-idea.html

Steve Kraus is a candidate for Congress in Ohio's 9th District (a district that is, tentatively, a string bean following the Lake Erie shore between Toledo and the eastern edge of Lorain County (...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/01/state-sovereignty-amendment-introduced.html

Newt Gingrich The Opinion Blog from the Myrtle Beach (SC) Sun-News cites chapter and verse about Newt Gingrich's voting record and activities since leaving the House of Representatives. His...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/01/newt-gingrich-for-smaller-government.html

Two items of interest: The Washington Times reports that the Arizona House is launching an investigation to determine whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms violated STATE law by ...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/01/state-sovereignty-news-from-arizona-and.html

As many of you know, I am in the process of publishing my book Governing Ourselves. Respecting the copyrights of others has been one of the most challenging tasks I have faced as part of that pro...

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If you did not do so yesterday, please let your Congressmen and Senators know that you oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). An easy way to do this, and comment on other legislation, is to ...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/01/were-back-but-keep-up-fight.html

... judging from last night's Republican candidate debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I am specifically referring to audience reaction to the exchange about war policy, at 10:17 in the New Y...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/01/war-fever-is-building-again.html

This is the third year that I have awarded the Champion of Liberty designation on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday to honor African-Americans who have outspokenly supported liberty (2010 winne...

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It takes courage -- even chutzpah , in the wake of Issue 2's defeat , to introduce a Right to Work amendment in one of America's most heavily unionized states. But that is exactly what the 1851 C...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/01/now-on-front-burner-ohio-workplace.html

Mitt Romney Carla Howell is Executive Director of the national Libertarian Party. She also happens to know a thing or two about Mitt Romney, having opposed him for Governor of Massachusetts ...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/01/mitt-romney-for-smaller-government-his.html

Jim Babka is a Cuyahoga Falls resident who runs the DownsizeDC Foundation, which runs DownsizeDC.org , a site which helps individuals generate e-mails to members of the Congress. He has come up w...

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I was in the Ohio Statehouse yesterday, when I encountered the following quotation, which to me represents the high political ideals that Ohioans have represented through the ages. We would all...

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I heard this exchange Saturday during the Republican candidate debate in New Hampshire (Los Angeles Times report): > George Stephanopoulos: Governor Romney, so you think that states >�...

http://ohiorepublic.blogspot.com/2012/01/so-presidents-dont-need-to-know.html