Founding Principles
There Is No Right to a “Freedom from Fear”
Charlatans and statists (but I repeat myself) are very fond of calling things they support “rights.” Single-payer healthcare is a “right.” Speedy internet is a “right.” Public education is a “right.” However, in libertarian and classical liberal theory, natural rights...
The Real Constitution They Don’t Want You to Know About
I’ve been told that law students prepping for the Bar Exam are told that if the Tenth Amendment is ever among the answers on a multiple-choice question, they can immediately rule it out. For the “experts” and politicians – the Tenth Amendment is...
Trenchard and Gordon: Forgotten Influences on the Founders
Do you recognize the names John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon? If not, I recommend you read this article and then immediately go to this link and begin reading the essays they wrote. You will thank me for it. Written under the pseudonym “Cato” (in honor of the Roman...
Obsta Principiis: Have We Waited too Long to Save Our Constitution and Our Freedom?
The spirit of liberty is, and ought to be, a jealous, a watchful spirit. Obsta Principiis is her motto and maxim; knowing that her enemies are secret and cunning, making the earliest advances slowly, silently and softly, and that according to her unerring oracle...