Founding Principles
Foundational Principles of the “Real American Revolution”
Despite what the so-called experts want you to believe – the American Revolution was not the War for Independence. And the root cause wasn’t merely “taxation without representation.” Understanding the history of colonial opposition and resistance to the largest...
The ideas that formed the Constitution: Virgil alone
The previous (ninth) essay in this series identified three Roman poets quoted by participants in the constitutional debates of 1787–1790—Ovid, Horace, and Virgil. The essay explained why Virgil was the most influential: “If the American Founding had a poet laureate,”...
Who are a Free People?
WHO ARE A FREE PEOPLE? It’s a question that’s rarely asked – or explored. But John Dickinson, the “Penman of the Revolution,” thought it was incredibly important. He discussed it this way in 1767: For WHO ARE A FREE PEOPLE? Not those,...
The ideas that formed the Constitution: Virgil and other poets
Answering Questions About This Series Some questions have arisen on this series, which I think best to clear up now. First: As the series title indicates, these essays are about the ideas contributing to the American Constitution, not about the goals of the American...