The Pen, the Phone, and the Presidency: A Roman Warning Against the Rise of the American Caesar
By: Joe Wolverton, II In the fading light of the Roman Republic, as senators dithered and people cried out for relief from chaos, an ambitious few found the imperial mantle ...
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John Taylor’s Forgotten Assault on Hamilton’s Economic Scheme
By: Michael Boldin In 1794, John Taylor of Caroline published a devastating critique of Alexander Hamilton’s financial system: the national bank, paper money, and debt. Taylor saw these for what ...
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A King in Camouflage
By: Derek Sheriff Last month, a headline stopped me cold: President Trump had mobilized the California National Guard over the objections of Governor Newsom – and then, federal Marines were ...
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The Judicial Tyranny of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
by Larry Elder Jackson’s judicial philosophy mirrors that of then-Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall: “You have to do what’s right and let the law catch up.” How can ...
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The Second Amendment Has No Exceptions
By: Laurence M. Vance Some opponents of abortion have been accused by other pro-lifers of weakening their case against abortion by making exceptions to abortion prohibitions, such as when the ...
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Incidental Powers in the Constitution
By: Rob Natelson The Constitution is many things, but at its most basic level it is a document conveying enumerated powers from a principal (“We the People”) to identified agents. ...
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You Can’t Comply Your Way Out of Tyranny
By: Michael Boldin “A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.” Jefferson didn’t just say it – he meant it, even when he opposed the cause. Because the ...
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Why DOGE Failed
by Andy Smarick For many Gen Xers, the greatest Saturday Night Live sketch of all time is “Sprockets,” a recurring piece in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It ...
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Unraveling the “One Nation” Myth
By: Mike Maharrey You’ve been lied to. America is not “one nation.” I know this feels shocking. You’ve proclaimed the United States of America is “one nation, under God, indivisible” ...
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Totally Dissolved: The Forgotten Vote for Independence
By: Michael Boldin We celebrate Independence on the Fourth of July. But the actual vote to secede from the British Empire and become “free and independent states” – happened on ...
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