Timely Lessons About Tyranny from the Father of the Constitution
By: John Whitehead James Madison, often referred to as the “Father of the Constitution,” once predicted that the Bill of Rights would become mere “parchment barrier,” words on paper ...
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No Deal for Gun Control: How the American Revolutionaries Defied the Empire
By: Michael Boldin June 12, 1775 – less than 2 months after Lexington and Concord and the “shot heard ‘round the world,” General Gage made an offer he felt ...
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The Pilgrim Code of 1636: English Charter, Christian Covenant, and Modern Constitution
By: Joe Wolverton, II “As freeborn subjects of the state of England, we hither came endowed with all and singular the privileges belonging to such, in the first place ...
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A Positive Feedback Loop of Power-Grabbing
By: Rudolph Kohn The classical liberal philosophy expounded by John Locke and many of the American founders was a brilliant attempt to abolish government by the principle of “might ...
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Life, Liberty, and Property: The Influence of John Locke
By: Joe Wolverton, II Despite attempts by educrats and those who would have us ignorant of history to remove him from general public knowledge and conversation, John Locke remains a ...
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No Emergency Powers in the Constitution
By: Jacob Hornberger It has become an article of faith that under our system of government, federal officials can declare an emergency, which then purportedly authorizes federal officials to exercise ...
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The Real Enforcement Mechanism for the Constitution
By: Michael Boldin Almost everything people learn about how the Constitution is supposed to be enforced is wrong. As a result, we live under the largest government in history, and ...
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Informing the Founders: A Short History of Standing Armies in England
By: TJ Martinell The founding generation harbored a deep distrust of standing armies. This flowed not only from their first-hand experience with the British, but also from arguments against permanent military ...
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The Petition of Right of 1628: A Forgotten Cornerstone of Our Constitution
By: Joe Wolverton, II Three hundred and ninety-five years ago, one of the most important documents in the history of the creation of the United States Constitution became law, though today ...
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Neither Liberty Nor Safety
By: Judge Andrew Napolitano Benjamin Franklin’s famous one-liner about the relationship between liberty and safety has intrigued me since I first read it in high school. Why would anyone sacrifice personal ...
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