How the Founders Responded to an Epidemic in the Nation’s Capital
by Lawrence Reed, FEE Do not read this book before eating, or in the midst of a sleepless night. For it is a revolting book, filled with the disgusting details of a loathsome disease. Sounds like the opening paragraph of a one-star review by a merciless critic, but...
James Madison on War as a Great Threat to Liberty
Excerpted from Political Observations, 20 April 1795 Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies,...
The Presidency is too Powerful
Imagine living in a world where a single individual can issue binding edicts directly controlling the behavior of every firm within a nation. Where one man can unilaterally impose his will upon the general public to the point of expressly forbidding trade relations...