December Is a Good Time to Celebrate the American Revolution
by J. Kennerly Davis This month includes the anniversary of a historic action taken by the British Crown that contributed significantly to our American Revolution. No, the action was not ...
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Liberty, Power, Precedent and the People
By: Michael Boldin While most people have never heard his name today, Founding Father John Dickinson was famous at the time of the Revolution. In 1767, he authored the 12 “Letters ...
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The Three Clauses the Federal Government Abuses to Evade the Enumerated Powers Limitation
by Joanna Martin aka Publius Huldah The “taxing and general welfare” clause: I, §8, cl. 1: Congress has Power to lay Taxes, pay debts, and provide for the common Defense ...
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Social Media vs. Freedom
by James M. Patterson For the past few weeks, politically-engaged Twitter users have either lamented or praised Elon Musk for his new ownership of Twitter, a microblogging social media website that has ...
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What the American Founders Meant by Equality
By: Dan Sanchez The Declaration of Independence famously proclaimed that “all men are created equal.” Thanks in part to that prestigious endorsement, “equality” has become a widely held social ideal. But ...
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Bill of Rights: The Ignored History of Why it Exists
By: Michael Boldin Today is “Bill of Rights Day” – commemorating ratification on Dec. 15, 1791. But what the government-run schools – and supporters of the monster state – “teach” about ...
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Federal Farmer: Amendments are Essential and Necessary
By: TJ Martinell In his sixth letter dated Dec. 25, 1787, the Federal Farmer wrote of the “essential and necessary” inclusion of meaningful amendments to the Constitution prior to its ratification. Though ...
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The ideas that formed the Constitution, the pioneers: Socrates, Xenophon, Plato
By: Rob Natelson This is the fourth in a series of essays on the ideas behind the Constitution. You can find the first two essays here, here, and here As explained in the second ...
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Federal Farmer: Constitution creates “a strong tendency to aristocracy”
By: TJ Martinell In his third letter dated Oct. 10, 1787, the anti-federalist writer Federal Farmer wrote skeptically of the proposed new federal government for fear it would bring about a “tendency toward ...
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Slouching Toward Fascism
By: Judge Andrew Napolitano Fascism is a governmental system in which the means of economic production and delivery of services are privately owned but government-controlled. Throughout history — before even getting ...
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