In a famous tax case (Brushaber), a man from New York describes himself as a citizen of New York. After the case, the Treasury Department, in an official memo, refers to him as a nonresident alien. I am not bringing this up for tax reasons. I am bringing this up for the most important reason […]

Many people or entities ask if thou is “a resident” of a state, rather than if thou “lives in the state”. I think they do this because resident is the title for a government official or someone who holds a public office. The question, “Do you live in XYZ state?” should suffice. But instead they ask, “Are […]

Repeat after me, ‘United States’ is a Federal corporation. It’s right there in the federal code, in Title 28: 28 U.S. Code § 3002 – Definitions As used in this chapter: (15) “United States” means— (A) a Federal corporation; (B) an agency, department, commission, board, or other entity of the United States; or (C) an […]

It’s called a State of the Union address because The USofA is a union, not a nation-state. The speech is not called the ‘State of the State’ address. Yet again, the truth is right in front of us. Had I not written extensively about this topic recently, another State of the Union might have come […]

The Trump Administration downgraded the status of the European Union to ‘international organization‘, rescinding the ‘nation-state’ status. This is appropriate since the EU is not a nation-state, it is a union, as the word ‘union’ is in the name. The change affects the EU’s delegation to the USofA. This will hopefully slow, what I believe, […]

When referring to The United States of America, President Lincoln called it a union, not a state or country. Lincoln said, “I do not expect the Union to be dissolved.” We have been mistakenly taught in schools, through songs, and elsewhere that the USofA is a nation or country, when it is really a union, […]