The Founders on What Really Makes a “Land of the Free”
By: Michael Boldin “All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought.” Samuel Adams penned these words with the kind of clarity that makes modern ...
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James Madison’s Speech that Set the Stage for the Bill of Rights
By: TJ Martinell On June 8 1789, the “Father of the Constitution” James Madison rose on the floor of Congress to propose a series of significant amendments, setting the stage ...
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National Debt and the Destruction of Liberty
By: Michael Boldin “I go on the principle that a Public Debt is a Public curse” James Madison didn’t see public debt as a mere policy debate or a nuisance ...
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The National Bank That Breached the Articles of Confederation
By: Mike Maharrey Despite having no express authority to do so, Congress created a national bank under the Articles of Confederation by invoking an invented doctrine of “inherent sovereign authority.” ...
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Trump’s Palantir-Powered Surveillance Is Turning America Into a Digital Prison
By: John Whitehead Call it what it is: a panopticon presidency. President Trump’s plan to fuse government power with private surveillance tech to build a centralized, national citizen database is the final step in ...
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The Right to be Left Alone
By: Judge Andrew Napolitano Last week, the Trump administration announced the streamlining of access to illegally seized personal data from unsuspecting Americans, thereby making warrantless domestic spying easier for the ...
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Why D-Day Still Matters
by Paul J. Batura It’s been 81 years since American troops and soldiers of the Allied Expeditionary Force descended upon the coast of France in an unprecedented military operation ...
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Patrick Henry’s Virginia Resolves of 1765: Spark of the Revolution
By: Michael Boldin “Not bound to yield obedience.” That was no mere slogan. It was a warning – and a call to action printed across the colonies in 1765. The ...
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Fear: The Engine of Power
By: Michael Boldin “Fear is the foundation of most governments.” John Adams was right – except for one word. Not “most.” From ancient empires to modern regimes, the story never ...
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Thomas Jefferson’s Greatest Fear: The Federal Judiciary and the Death of Liberty
By: Michael Boldin “The great object of my fear is the federal judiciary.” That’s Thomas Jefferson – sounding the alarm over what he saw as the greatest threat to the ...
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