The Founding Father of the Fourth Amendment
February 5 marks the birth of the American who had the greatest hand in what became the 4th Amendment’s prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures – James Otis. Unfortunately, “one of the most passionate and effective protectors of American rights” is...
Thomas Paine, Passionate Pamphleteer for Liberty
As nobody before, Thomas Paine stirred ordinary people to defend their liberty. He wrote the three top-selling literary works of the eighteenth century, which inspired the American Revolution, issued a historic battle cry for individual rights, and challenged the...
Why Mercy Otis Warren Belongs in the Pantheon of America’s Founders
by Gary M. Galles, FEE March is National Women’s History Month. But despite the heightened attention it brings to women’s influence in American history, one continues to get far too little attention – Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814). After all, she has been called...