The Three Traits of Tyranny
According to John Locke and the American Founders by Dan Sanchez The American founders who drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence grounded their case for separating from Great Britain ...
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The Descent into Tyranny
by Daniel Klein & Michael C. Munger When you lean over in a canoe on a river, the boat tilts but then rights itself. But if there is too much pressure on ...
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The Most Dangerous Man in the World: Menace to Tyrants, Liberator of Generations
By: Dan Sanchez In 1683, the most dangerous man in the world escaped from England to the Netherlands. He didn’t look very formidable. He was 51 years old, lanky, and asthmatic. ...
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The Cowardice of Censorship
by Theodore Dalrymple The main threat of censorship comes nowadays not from governments, but from an alliance, or at least a synergy, of pressure groups and unscrupulous and pusillanimous corporations. ...
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The Division of Federal and State Powers
By: TJ Martinell How much power would the federal government have? And what powers would the states retain? This was a hotly debated question as the states considered ratifying a new ...
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Taking Rights Seriously
By: Judge Andrew Napolitano The world is filled with self-evident truths — truisms — that philosophers, lawyers and judges know need not be proven. The sun rises in the east and ...
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Understanding the Constitution: Originalism’s Long History and Tradition
By: Rob Natelson Several Supreme Court justices—most consistently Clarence Thomas—describe themselves as “originalists.” In a prior Epoch Times column, I answered the question, “What is Originalism? I wrote: “Although originalists disagree among themselves ...
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No Place Like Rome: How Classic Republicanism Influenced the Founding Fathers
By: Bob Fiedler It has become commonplace for people to explain the current condition of the United States with allusions to the decline of the Roman Empire. But few talk about ...
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Today in History: Benjamin Franklin Urges Adoption of the Constitution with a Warning
By: Mike Maharrey On this date in 1787, James Wilson delivered a speech written by Benjamin Franklin on the last day of the Philadelphia Convention. The speech urged the adoption of the Constitution ...
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Necessary Does not Mean Useful or Convenient
By: TJ Martinell One of the most famous and important Supreme Court opinions is from the 1819 McCulloch v. Maryland case. It set the stage for massive expansion of federal power by incorrectly ...
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