A Dangerous Strategy
By: Michael Boldin The impulse from many – left, right, libertarian, and the rest – to give the federal government more power to “protect liberty” from state and local governments might ...
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Arbitrary Government: How the Founders Defined Tyranny
By: Michael Boldin One of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence, the founders and old revolutionaries not only rejected the notion of “arbitrary” government, they considered it the definition of ...
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The Nullification Movement is a Revolution in Thought
By: Mike Maharrey We are in the midst of a revolution. But it’s not a revolution in the sense most people think of. It’s not a war fought with guns and ...
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Ignorance and the Destruction of Liberty
By: Michael Boldin Samuel Adams, Benjamin Rush, Thomas Jefferson and others warned us of the dangers of ignorance. Today, we see that playing out to the destruction of liberty in a ...
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The American Revolution Was a Constitutional Crisis
By: Mike Maharrey At its core, the American Revolution was a constitutional crisis. The British system of government during the colonial era was a constitutional system, but not in the ...
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The 10th Amendment: An Introduction
By: Michael Boldin “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the ...
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Don’t Trust Government
By: Michael Boldin Don’t trust government. And don’t trust politicians. That can’t be repeated often enough. Unfortunately, it seems that most people trust politicians – depending on the issue or ...
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Five Great Quotes from the Founders: Liberty, Loyalty, Defense and the “Real” American Revolution
By: Michael Boldin What should we be loyal to – a politician, a leader, a political party, or something else? How should we view political statements and actions to defend ...
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