What Would the Impartial Spectator Do?
by Joseph Knippenberg Every spring, I have the great good fortune of reading and discussing Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments with a captive (i.e., general education) audience of sophomores. ...
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The Resurgent States of America
By: Jackson Pemberton The “United States of America” has become a misnomer. In 1776, the words “state” and “nation” were synonyms. The USA could have been named “The United Nations ...
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More than Victims
William Cooper Nell was the publisher of Frederick Douglass’s abolitionist newspaper the North Star. His work The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution was previously used as a textbook as ...
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The Law
The Law is Frédéric Bastiat's timeless defense of the free society. With his characteristically clear writing, Bastiat lays out the formula for the proper role of the state in a free ...
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Common Sense: A Concise Defense of the Patriot Cause By: Dave Benner
Today in 1776, Thomas Paine anonymously published a pamphlet called “Common Sense.” It was a concise defense of the patriot cause. After emigrating from England two years prior with the ...
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Disenfranchising The Voters- Destroying the Electoral College By KrisAnne Hall, JD
The State of Oregon House passed legislation (HB 2927) that would make Oregon award its Electoral College votes only to presidential candidates who win the national popular vote. According to ...
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Madison’s Attack On Government Suppression Of Dissent Is Still Relevant Today
Jim Huntzinger What is government? Perhaps the great Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises stated it best when he, in quite a Lockean affirmation, wrote, “Government is essentially the negation ...
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Open Letter re: “Gun Legislation” By KrisAnne Hall, JD
Dear (Senator or Representative), As you begin your legislative duties for this term and will undoubtably be called to debate so-called “gun legislation” please consider the following five points: 1. ...
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The Hope Of Christmas Past
by KrisAnne Hall, JD Many people have expended a great deal of energy this year in the fight to see our Liberty protected so America’s principles may be restored. As ...
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America: We Are Now a Guilty Until Proven Innocent Society
Congress, the FBI, IRS, ATF, EPA and other executive agencies of the federal government violate American property and due process rights every single day. Now through the draconian use of ...
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