- + Sovereignty and Agency—In the American political system, the people of the several states are sovereign, meaning they hold final or ultimate authority. Power flows from them...
- + SCOTUS Defends Property Rights, but Raises Constitutional Questions—The current Supreme Court is a vigorous defender of property rights. In general, I like that. But as I observed in a column last year , the court som...
- + The Founders’ Case for a Strong Militia Over Standing Armies—One of the primary reasons the founders wanted a strong militia system with a well-armed general public was to minimize or even eliminate the need for...
- + It Was Gun Control: What Started the War for Independence—The fighting at Lexington and Concord didn’t happen because the British army came to collect taxes. It was gun control. Of course, the go...
- + Thomas Jefferson’s Warnings and Predictions about the Dangers of Money-Printing—Thomas Jefferson’s chilling warnings about unchecked fiat, paper money proved prophetic as the U.S. plunged into its first boom-bust economic cr...
- + Limited or Absolute Power: Warnings from Anti-Federalist Agrippa—The Anti-Federalist writer Agrippa powerfully expressed many of the same reservations about the Constitution as other opponents – that it would ...
- + The Government Wants Your Money Any Way It Can Get It—The government wants your money. It will beg, steal or borrow if necessary, but it wants your money any way it can get it. This is what comes ...
- + A Positive Feedback Loop of Power-Grabbing—The classical liberal philosophy expounded by John Locke and many of the American founders was a brilliant attempt to abolish government by the princi...
- + Utah’s Step-By-Step Strategy in Support of Sound Money—“End the Fed” is a popular slogan among supporters of sound money, but it’s almost certain that Congress will never shut down its own money printer. S...
- + 10 States and Counting: 2nd Amendment Financial Privacy Act—Ten states – and counting – have passed a bill called the “2nd Amendment Financial Privacy Act,” to nullify a gun control surv...
- + The Petition of Right: Essential Part of American History—On June 7, 1628 the Petition of Right was ratified by the British Crown in the days preceding the English Civil War. The measure was passed by the P...
- + Utah’s Step-By-Step Strategy Against the Surveillance State—When it comes to political activism, a lot of people think they have to accomplish everything all at once. They propose or demand what amounts to litt...
- + The Real Enforcement Mechanism for the Constitution—Almost everything people learn about how the Constitution is supposed to be enforced is wrong. As a result, we live under the largest government...
- + Congressional Omnibus is Like a Bad Hollywood Movie Sequel—This weekend’s late-night spending vote in Congress seems like another in an endless series of sequels to a bad suspense movie. Just at the brink of “...
- + The Social Security and Medicare Scams—Charlotte Cowles is a financial advice columnist for The Cut , “a New York Magazine site dedicated to women’s lives and interests, including politics...
- + Can Congress Ban TikTok?—When James Madison set about to draft the Bill of Rights — the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution — he was articulating what lawyers and phi...
- + The Ides of March: George Washington Quells a Coup—It was the end of 1782 and the War for Independence was all but over, but the details of the official peace treaty had not yet been hammered out betwe...
- + Federal Reserve Responsibility for Consumer and Government Debt Crises—According to the Federal Reserve, credit card delinquencies increased by 50 percent in 2023, while consumer debt grew to 17.5 trillion dollars. A...
- + No Emergency Powers in the Constitution—It has become an article of faith that under our system of government, federal officials can declare an emergency, which then purportedly authorizes f...
- + Tyranny Is Rising as Freedom Falls—Day by day, tyranny is rising as freedom falls. The U.S. military is being used to patrol subway stations and police the U.S.-Mexico border , ...
- + War Powers: The True History of George Washington and the Indian Tribes—Supporters of unilateral executive war power want you to believe presidents can make all kinds of decisions about war and peace because, as they tell ...
- + Taking Rights Seriously—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 ...
- + William Dawes: A Literally Unsung Hero of American Liberty—In the shadows of American history, where the deeds of the famous are celebrated, there lies the often overlooked story of William Dawes, a man whose ...
- + War Powers: The True History of Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates—People on both the left and the right claim the president possesses significant, unilateral power over military action, and they support this myth by ...
- + The Truth about the Much-Abused Commerce Clause—The Constitutional Convention released its proposed Constitution to the public on Sept. 17, 1787. Almost immediately, debate began on whether to ratif...
- + Johnsoncare, Bushcare, Obamacare, and Trumpcare—Former president Donald Trump has vowed to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) with his own plan. Because “Obamacare is too expensiv...
- + Mercy Otis Warren: Constitution Would “Terminate in the Most Uncontrolled Despotism”—Mercy Otis Warren came down firmly opposed to ratification of the Constitution, and her anonymously written pamphlet titled “ Observations on the new ...
- + How the Federal Reserve Backstops the Biggest Government in History—The Federal Reserve is the engine that drives the biggest government in history . Without the central bank’s machinations, the U.S. governme...
- + Liberty Poles: Symbols of Freedom From Tyranny, Ancient and Modern—On May 21, 1766, the Sons of Liberty erected a liberty pole in the commons of New York City, celebrating the repeal of the Stamp Act. Although li...
- + The Global Deep State: Funded by the American Taxpayer—The debate over U.S. foreign aid is a distraction. That’s not to say that the amount of taxpayer money flowing to foreign countries in the form o...
- + Five Years Later Supreme Court Decision Still Hasn’t Significantly Limited Asset Forfeiture—Many people believe the Supreme Court “ended asset forfeiture” with its 2019 opinion in Timbs v. Indiana . As we argued at the time, Timbs ...
- + Taking Free Speech Seriously—Can the government prevent Big Tech from censoring political and cultural voices on their platforms? Can the government regulate these platforms to co...
- + Deciphering the Commander-in-Chief Clause—The Constitution designates the president as the commander in chief of the “Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the severa...
- + The Meaning of “Regulate Commerce” to the Constitution’s Ratifiers: An Update—Constitutional Background The constitutional justification for much of the federal regulatory and administrative apparatus rests on either of two ...
- + The Feds Are Buying Our Emails!—While we are all consumed with Joe Biden’s bumblings and Donald Trump’s trials, the federal government’s rapacious appetite for spyi...
- + The American Revolution Was a Rejection of Unlimited, Centralized Power—In school, you probably learned that the American Revolution was about “taxation without representation,” or perhaps standing armies. But ...
- + “Vote the Bums Out” is the Wrong Strategy—“Vote the bums out!” is the dominant political strategy in the United States. If you don’t like what’s going on, wait two years, or maybe four, and ...
- + Constitution 101: Supremacy Clause—When people tell you that “federal law is ALWAYS supreme” – they’re not just wrong, they get the Supremacy Clause of the Const...
- + Watchlisted: You’re Probably Already on a Government Extremism List—According to the FBI, you may be an anti-government extremist if you’ve: a) purchased a Bible or other religious materials , b) used terms lik...
- + The Emperor’s New Clothes—Just as a fictional emperor paid his tailors a fortune for clothes that no one could see, and then marched naked in a grand public procession while hi...
- + Benjamin Franklin’s Finest: Top Views from the “First American”—Today in history, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. Referred to many as “The First American,” Franklin was famous at home and abroad. He’s...
- + Breaking Free from the Monster State: 5 Essential Principles—Getting from where we are today – living under the largest government in history – to a real “land of the free,” won’t be quick or easy. B...
- + Milk and the Police State—Last week, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, state troopers and investigators executed a search warrant on the farm of Amos Miller. Miller has been p...
- + The Rise of the Political Psychopath—Many years ago, a newspaper headline asked the question: “ What’s the difference between a politician and a psychopath? ” The answer, then and now,...
- + Why It May be Impossible to Disqualify Trump from the Presidency—Can former President Donald Trump be disqualified from another presidential term? The answer to that question partly hinges on the answer to this one:...
- + The Strategy: How to Beat the Feds—Taking on the biggest and most powerful government in history may seem like an impossible task. It isn’t. That’s not to say that it’s going ...
- + What The Constitution Means By “Declare War”—In the 2000 film Thirteen Days chronicling the Cuban Missile Crisis, John F. Kennedy tells General Taylor, “I’m the president of the United States, ...
- + Life, Liberty, and Property: The Influence of John Locke—Despite attempts by educrats and those who would have us ignorant of history to remove him from general public knowledge and conversation, John Locke ...
- + We Have it in our Power to Begin the World over Again: Top Quotes for 2024—In the Appendix to Common Sense, first published on January 10, 1776 – Thomas Paine wrote about the “birthday of a new world,” with this t...
- + Break the Cycle: In 2024, Say No to the Government’s Cruelty, Brutality and Abuse—Folks, it’s time to break the cycle of abuses—cruel, brutal, immoral, unconstitutional and unacceptable—that have been heaped upon us by the governmen...
- + War and Big Government Go Hand-In-Hand—War and big government go hand-in-hand. James Madison warned us . “Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be ...
- + Thomas Paine: A Lifetime of Radicalism—Although he has been called “The Father of the American Revolution,” Thomas Paine was perhaps the most unlikely man in the world to carry the torch of...
- + What Everyone Gets Wrong About Machiavelli—Born 554 years ago, Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) was an Italian philosopher, politician, and writer who is widely considered one of the most import...
- + These are the Times that Try Men’s Souls—Beginning with the immortal line, “THESE are the times that try men’s souls,” Thomas Paine’s “The American Crisis, No. I” holds a revered place ...
- + In Defense of Free Speech and Free Silence—When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the colonists’ grievances with the British government. ...
- + The Foundation of the Constitution—Here’s a pretty common question: Which is the most important amendment in the Bill of Rights? Setting aside the fact that I agree that ...
- + We’ve Already Got a Dictator-in-Chief: How Absolute Power Corrupted the President—Once a dictator, always a dictator. Power-hungry, lawless and steadfast in its pursuit of authoritarian powers, the government does not voluntari...
- + Blueprint: Rhetoric and Resistance Against the Townshend Acts—“The right of the people, to resist an unconstitutional law, is absolute and unqualified, from the moment the law is enacted.” Lysander Spo...
- + What Does the Constitution Mean by “Natural Born Citizen?”—The Constitution says that only a “natural born citizen” may be president. Throughout history, political partisans have accused opposing candidates of...
- + The White House Goes Rogue: Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws—The government wants us to believe that we have nothing to fear from its mass spying programs as long as we’ve done nothing wrong. Don’t believe it...
- + Today in History: Second Continental Congress Responds to King George’s Proclamation of Rebellion—On Dec. 6, 1775, the Second Continental Congress responded to King George III’s proclamation of rebellion, reaffirming the colonists’ loya...
- + Applying James Madison’s Strategy to Stopping Federal Gun Control—Writing in Federalist 46 – James Madison gave us a four-step blueprint of how to stop federal programs – without waiting for the federal...
- + How Free People Should Respond to Unconstitutional Acts—How should a free people respond to unconstitutional acts? Most people today use three strategies, none of which reflect how the founders told us to r...
- + There Is No Right to a “Freedom from Fear”—Charlatans and statists (but I repeat myself) are very fond of calling things they support “rights.” Single-payer healthcare is a “right.” Speedy...
- + The Real Constitution They Don’t Want You to Know About—I’ve been told that law students prepping for the Bar Exam are told that if the Tenth Amendment is ever among the answers on a multiple-choice questio...
- + Trenchard and Gordon: Forgotten Influences on the Founders—Do you recognize the names John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon? If not, I recommend you read this article and then immediately go to this link and...
- + Alexander Hamilton’s Biggest Big Government Plan—Alexander Hamilton had a lot of big government plans for the United States, but his craziest plan may have been his proposal for an 11-point plan for...
- + AUMF Reform Will Not Restore Proper Constitutional War Powers—There has been a lot of talk about repealing Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMFs) currently in effect. This, we are told, would restor...
- + We the Exploited: The U.S. Government Buys and Sells Its Citizens for Profit and Power—Americans have become easy prey for hackers, scammers, snitches, spies, and con artists. But don’t be fooled into thinking the government is protectin...
- + Today in History: Continental Congress Approves Final Draft of the Articles of Confederation—On Nov. 15, 1777, the Second Continental Congress finalized the Articles of Confederation after 16 months of debate. The Articles were then sent ...
- + Obsta Principiis: Have We Waited too Long to Save Our Constitution and Our Freedom?—The spirit of liberty is, and ought to be, a jealous, a watchful spirit. Obsta Principiis is her motto and maxim; knowing that her enemies are secret ...
- + Stop Drinking the Political Kool-Aid, America: Voting Will Not Save Us—We are one year out from the 2024 presidential election and as usual, the American people remain eager to be persuaded that a new president in the Whi...
- + Federal Power Outside the Constitution?—If you have read my Epoch Times series, “ How the Supreme Court Rewrote the Constitution ,” you know that the justices have stretched some of the Cons...
- + How “Pope Night” Turned into a Protest Against the Stamp Act—Remember, remember the Fifth of November. On November 5, 1765, a long-running holiday celebration in New England turned into a protest against Brit...
- + Propaganda: Calling it Inflation Rather than Depreciation—One of the ways that the government uses propaganda to increase its own power is by changing the meaning of words. The word “inflation” is a perfec...
- + Samuel von Pufendorf: A Lasting, Though Forgotten, Influence on Our Founding Fathers—Samuel von Pufendorf, a prominent 17th-century philosopher and jurist, led a life that was profoundly influenced by his family’s experiences during th...
- + Informing the Founders: A Short History of Standing Armies in England—The founding generation harbored a deep distrust of standing armies. This flowed not only from their first-hand experience with the British, but also ...
- + John Adams: Patriot and Tyrant?—Many revere John Adams as a great patriot. Others view him as a big-government tyrant. The truth probably lies somewhere in between. Adams was a ...
- + Fiscal 2023 Federal Budget Deficit Third-Largest Ever—It takes a lot of money to run the biggest government in the history of the world. The federal government ran a $1.695 trillion budget deficit in...
- + Patriot Act at 22: We can only be Truly Safe when We’re Free—22 years ago – on Oct 26, 2001 – the Patriot Act was signed into law. As John Whitehead wrote, “we’re still grappling with the blowback...
- + The Petition of Right of 1628: A Forgotten Cornerstone of Our Constitution—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 l...
- + 22 Years of Blowback from the USA Patriot Act—For those who remember the days and months that followed 9/11, there is an unnerving feeling of déjà vu about the Hamas attacks on Israel. The same...
- + That Other Tea Party: The First Organized Women’s Political Protest in America—Most everybody knows about the Boston Tea Party, but there was a lesser-known tea party in North Carolina that was every bit as significant. In fact, ...
- + The Founders and the Constitution: The Connecticut Delegates—The other essays in the “Founders and the Constitution” series each covered one individual. This final essay covers three: the extraordinary group who...
- + America’s Crisis State Goes Global—From being a nation in a permanent state of emergency, America’s crisis state has gone global. The military industrial complex, which has establi...
- + Machiavelli: Liberal Taxing and Spending Breeds Instability, Culture of Enslavement—Niccolò Machiavelli, the renowned Italian diplomat, philosopher, and writer of The Prince and Discourses on Livy is perhaps not the first name tha...
- + The Founders and the Constitution: Benjamin Franklin—Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on Jan. 6, 1706, the youngest son among a tradesman’s 15 children by two successive wives. He had two years of fo...
- + A Constitution the Government Evades—Six months ago, FBI officials boasted that in 2022 their agents had spied on only 120,000 Americans without search warrants! Under the Constitution, t...
- + The Senate: More Warnings Ignored?—A permanent aristocracy of sorts – despite federalist assurances to the contrary – with senators mostly serving for life – that&...
- + Record Number of Banks Working With Marijuana Businesses Despite Federal Prohibition—A record number of banks and credit unions are doing business with state-legal marijuana businesses despite ongoing federal cannabis prohibition ̵...
- + Sallust: The Roman Historian Who Taught the Founders to Believe in Conspiracies—The United States, often seen as a beacon of democracy and republicanism, draws its inspiration from a rich tapestry of historical influences. Among t...
- + The Founders and the Constitution: George Mason—“If the Govt. is to be lasting, it must be founded in the confidence & affections of the people … ” -George Mason, at the Constitutional Convent...
- + Today in History: Boston Resolution Against Helping Redcoats Passed—On September 27, 1774, a meeting of the Committees of Correspondence of Boston and a dozen neighboring towns passed a resolution condemning any colo...
- + A Nation of Snitches: DHS Is Grooming Americans to Report on Each Other—Are you among the 41% of Americans who regularly attend church or some other religious service? Do you believe the economy is about to collapse ...
- + Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke: Another Forgotten Influence on Our Founding Fathers—“The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and tak...
- + The Founders and the Constitution: Gouverneur Morris—Gouverneur Morris was a “ chick magnet .” He was tall, handsome, witty, and rich. Even scalding damage to his right arm, loss of his lower leg in a tr...
- + Thomas Paine’s Return to America—Many people know Paine as the author of Common Sense , The Crisis , and The Rights of Man . Fewer know him as an unapologetic opponent of slavery, ...
- + A Republic. But They Didn’t Keep it—A Republic, if you can keep it. We’ve all heard this phrase – it’s almost legendary. People have used it in campaigns, slogans, as a book tit...
- + New Mexico “Emergency” Gun Ban a Violation of the Right of Self Defense—New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lynn Lujan Grisham’s “emergency” order banning the carrying of firearms in Albuquerque and Bernalillo Count...
- + The Founders and the Constitution: George Washington—Historian Forrest McDonald itemized some of George Washington’s constitutional contributions in American National Biography Online : “His role ...
- + When John C. Calhoun Sided With “Yankees” on the Constitution—At a time when partisans on either side of a debate want to sidestep the Constitution for temporary gain, it’s worth reflecting on times when constitu...
- + How the Government Weaponizes Surveillance to Silence Its Critics—Ever since Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his groundbreaking “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28,...
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