Bringing Back Gold Clause Contracts: A Challenge to the Fed
One of the ways the government maintains its fiat money system is by throwing up legal and regulatory roadblocks to those wanting to use real money. Bringing back gold clause contracts removes one of those barriers. The principle behind a gold clause contract is...
James Madison on the Ignored “Fundamental Principle of the Revolution”
Forget schoolhouse history. James Madison exposed a much deeper truth about the American Revolution. It wasn’t just “taxation without representation.” He argued that the real fight was over fundamental principles: the colonists’ right to local,...
Was Shays’ Rebellion Overblown? The Debate Over the Constitution
“Never let a good crisis go to waste” isn’t just some modern invention by people who want to expand government power. It seems to be an approach used to convince people of the need to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new Constitution in 1787. Even James...