John Taylor’s Forgotten Assault on Hamilton’s Economic Scheme
In 1794, John Taylor of Caroline published a devastating critique of Alexander Hamilton’s financial system: the national bank, paper money, and debt. Taylor saw these for what they really were: not mere policy disagreements, but a war on the Constitution itself....
Totally Dissolved: The Forgotten Vote for Independence
We celebrate Independence on the Fourth of July. But the actual vote to secede from the British Empire and become “free and independent states” – happened on July 2nd, 1776. Twelve colonies voted in favor. None opposed. New York abstained because its delegates...
Five Constitutional Truths They Don’t Want You to Know
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be.” Thomas Jefferson nailed it. And here’s the deal – mass, widespread ignorance about our Constitution is no accident. It’s by design. Why? Because...