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Prelude to Independence: Thomas Jefferson Declares British Acts Null and Void

By: Mike Maharrey     “The British parliament has no right to exercise authority over us.”  At all. This was the bold conclusion Thomas Jefferson came to in his powerful pamphlet A ...

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Northwest Ordinance: Landmark 1787 Law Set the Foundation

By: Mike Maharrey     On July 13, 1787, the Confederation Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, one of the most important and influential acts of the early republic. It established a ...

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Free and Independent: The Foreign Policy of Washington and Jefferson

By: Michael Boldin     Anxious to preserve their hard-won independence, Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson championed a foreign policy centered on avoiding “entangling alliances.” They envisioned America pursuing peace, ...

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Countering Relentless Propaganda and Widespread Ignorance

November 2, 2023 Education / Founding Principles 0

By: Michael Boldin Thomas Jefferson warned us. “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” The people ...

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Six Must Read Sources from Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

By: Michael Boldin Most people today have little to no familiarity with any of the principles that influenced the founders. Below, you’ll find 6 important resources hand-picked by Thomas Jefferson and ...

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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison’s “Must Read” Sources to Understand Liberty and American Government

August 4, 2023 Founding Principles 0

By: Mike Maharrey How can we learn about the founding principles and the meaning of the Constitution? Minutes from an 1825 meeting of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors shed some ...

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The Lie of “Separation of Church and State” & the U.S. Supreme Court’s Usurpations of Power

By Publius Huldah 1.  How did it happen that our country became a land where Christian children are forbidden to use the word, “God”, in the public schools; public school ...

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The First Amendment’s Wall of Separation

April 24, 2023 1st Amendment 0

By: Mike Maharrey In an 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptist Association, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their ...

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The First Amendment’s Wall of Separation

March 15, 2023 1st Amendment 0

By: Mike Maharrey In an 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptist Association, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their ...

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What Thomas Jefferson Meant by ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’

William Blackstone’s "Commentaries on the Laws of England" offers important clues about what Thomas Jefferson meant with the phrase immortalized in the Declaration of Independence.   by Barry Brownstein The ...

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