Speaker Ryan’s Opportunity to Reflect the Will of the People Mark Meckler October 30, 2015 Big Government, Citizens Spotlight, Dispersed Power, Featured, Incumbent Accountability, Mark's Commentaries, News, Tea Party It’s good to see Republicans in Washington just might be finally wising up to what grassroots Americans have been shouting from the heartland for years: our nation is off its Constitutional mooring, adrift...
September 11, Flight 93, and the Power of Self Governance Mark Meckler September 10, 2015 Citizens Spotlight, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News, Shared Values On September 11, 2001, the first successful counterattack of our long war against Islamic jihad was launched not by the United States military but by a small, spontaneously-formed, self-governing group of...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Stops Unlawful “John Doe” Investigations Mark Meckler August 15, 2015 Citizens Spotlight, Corruption, Featured, News, Scandals Patriotic citizens have won a great victory! The Wisconsin Supreme Court sided with the Constitution over the novel theories of regulators when it issued a powerful ruling to terminate the menacing “John...
Hollywood Against Big Government: Vince Vaughn’s Prescient Words About Gun Ownership Mark Meckler June 23, 2015 Big Government, Citizens Spotlight, Dispersed Power, Engaged Citizens, Featured, Mark's Commentaries, News 1 Comment Hollywood has long had a hypocritical relationship with guns. While strutting around with armed bodyguards, they staunchly oppose the right for ordinary Americans to enjoy the same security guns provide....
High School Concert Choir Bullied by ‘Separation of Church and State’ Group – Parents Fight Back Mark Meckler June 22, 2015 Citizens Spotlight, Education, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News When an Ohio high school caved to pressure from a “separation of church and state” group, parents found a way for the show to go on. Willoughby South High School’s Concert Choir was all set to perform...
There Is a Better Way Mark Meckler June 1, 2015 Citizens Spotlight, Dispersed Power, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News On Thursday, a 31-year-old woman and a young child were shot in Baltimore, making May the bloodiest month in fifteen years. However, the city’s police have responded by arresting fewer people. The number of...
A Tribute to the Men and Women of America’s Armed Forces Mark Meckler May 25, 2015 Citizens Spotlight, Education, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News The following tribute was written by a Vietnam veteran who is serving as a Convention of States supporter. It is especially appropriate to share on Memorial Day. Information about the Convention of...
Civil Asset Forfeiture Case Has a Happy Ending Mark Meckler April 18, 2015 Activist Stories, Citizens Spotlight, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News Legal battles against the government don’t often have a happy ending – but we’re so glad that in Carole Hinders’ case, it did! In 2013, IRS agents showed up at Carole’s door and told her they had...
High School Senior Defeats Humanist Attempt to Remove “Under God” from Pledge Mark Meckler February 18, 2015 Citizens Spotlight, Education, Featured, News, Shared Values 1 Comment When the American Humanist Association tried to have the words "one nation under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance in New Jersey schools, one high school senior decided to fight them. And she...
How One Ordinary Citizen Created the Obamacare Storm Mark Meckler December 10, 2014 Citizens Spotlight, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News 1 Comment Jonathan Gruber. Sadly, he’s become a household name – and even trended on Twitter – since his comments about Obamacare were unearthed. But the name we should all know is “Rich Weinstein.” He is...
