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Five Critical Reminders About Liberty and Security from the Founders
Today, like every day, is a great day for a reminder of some of the top principles from the founders that we should never, ever forget ...
The Satirical Genius of Benjamin Franklin’s 1774 Letter to Lord North
While many American colonists confronted arbitrary British power and constitutional usurpations with strongly worded resolutions and detailed enumerations of their complaints, Franklin deployed a different weapon - biting sarcasm and ...
Prelude to Independence: Thomas Jefferson Declares British Acts Null and Void
Written nearly two years before the Declaration of Independence, the pamphlet foreshadowed ideas Jefferson would later develop further. He asserted several fundamental principles that underpin the American constitutional system, including ...
The Treaty of Paris: How the War for Independence Almost Didn’t End
Signed on Sept 3, 1783 - the Treaty of Paris has long been called the formal end to the War for Independence. But the war didn't officially end on that ...
Technofascism: The Government Pressured Tech Companies to Censor Users
By “censor,” we’re referring to concerted efforts by the government to muzzle, silence and altogether eradicate any speech that runs afoul of the government’s own approved narrative ...
Before Lexington and Concord: The British Gun Grab That Nearly Sparked the Revolution
Despite the fact that it proved to be mostly a false alarm, the “Powder Alarm” of Sept 1-2, 1774 showed the colonists that the British were serious - and willing ...
Tench Coxe: A Detailed Breakdown of State vs. Federal Powers
Despite being little known today, Tench Coxe was an influential founding father, and in early 1788, he provided what was possibly the most comprehensive list of examples to explain the ...
War Powers: The True History of John Adams and the Quasi-War with France
Many people believe presidents have a great deal of authority to make unilateral decisions about war without the approval of Congress. To support this conclusion, they often point to actions ...
The Right to be Left Alone
The government spends hundreds of billions of dollars annually just to watch and follow us. Who authorized this? Why do we tolerate it? What kind of society hires a government ...
The Political Matrix Sustains the Illusion of Freedom
For years now, the government has been playing a cat-and-mouse game with the American people, letting us enjoy just enough freedom to think we are free but not enough to ...
17th Amendment: How it Broke the Safeguard Against Consolidation
When the framers designed the Senate, they envisioned it as a safeguard for the states, with a key component being state legislatures choosing senators instead of the people at large ...
Tench Coxe’s Federalist Defense: Economic and Political Consequences of Disunion
In a number of his lesser-known federalist essays, Tench Coxe pivoted from his usual focus on the division of powers between state and federal governments to tackle various Anti-Federalist arguments ...
