What’s in Store for Our Freedoms in 2016? More of Everything We Don’t Want
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” -George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Vol. 1 In Harold Ramis’ classic 1993 comedy Groundhog Day, TV weatherman Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray) is forced to live the same day over and over again...
Echoes of 1776: Is a Monetary Revolution Coming?
Is America on the cusp of a revolution that will usher in a new monetary order? The lessons of history tell us that no fiat currency retains its value for long or lasts forever. And as Shakespeare noted, “what’s past is prologue.” Major episodes in...
This Week in History: Madison’s Virginia Resolutions Pass in 1798
By December 1798, the United States was in a full-blown constitutional crisis, and James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were stealthily leading the fight to push the federal government back within its prescribed limits. During the summer of that year, Congress passed...