by Michael Boldin | Oct 26, 2022 | Constitution, Necessary and Proper Clause
When the Constitution was ratified, the word necessary meant, well, necessary. But in the dystopian “future” we live under today, words don’t mean what they actually mean. They always mean something else – whatever supporters of the monster state can use to...
by Michael Boldin | Sep 19, 2022 | 2nd Amendment, Right to Keep and Bear Arms
If you’re like me, you’ve heard a lot of people talking lately about how the 2nd Amendment is under attack. And it sure is – in a pretty serious way. Unfortunately, however, a lot of these same people come across as if the attacks really just started in the last...
by Michael Boldin | Sep 5, 2022 | Founding Principles
The impulse from many – left, right, libertarian, and the rest – to give the federal government more power to “protect liberty” from state and local governments might seem like a good idea on the surface. But stop and consider what they’re really doing –...
by Michael Boldin | Jul 11, 2022 | Founding Principles, Strategy
For the federal government to take even a “single step” beyond the limits of the Constitution, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition.” The “detestable precedent” is how John Dickinson...
by Michael Boldin | Jul 5, 2022 | Founding Principles, History
We were warned. The last day of the Philadelphia convention, the day we call “constitution day” today – Benjamin Franklin made a pretty stark warning, even while urging unanimous support for the document. In a speech written by Franklin, and read by James...
