Founding Principles
How Party Politics Destroys Independent Thought and Liberty
“Nothing is more dangerous to the cause of truth and liberty than a party-spirit.” Noah Webster didn’t mince words. Over 200 years ago, he saw the warning signs we still ignore today – the danger of trading truth and principle for party loyalty. This isn’t...
Not Just Bad Policy: The Founders Called it Treason and War
Treason. Invasion. Conquest. That’s how the Founders and old revolutionaries described usurpation – power stolen, not delegated. And it wasn’t just rhetoric. It was a foundational, and now-forgotten principle at the very heart of the American Revolution. When...
Lysander Spooner’s Case Against Judicial Supremacy
“An unconstitutional judicial decision is no more binding than an unconstitutional legislative act.” That was Lysander Spooner, utterly rejecting the doctrine of judicial supremacy – the dangerous notion that a judicial opinion becomes law simply because judges...
The Real Root Cause of the American Revolution
Think the American Revolution was just about taxes, tea parties, and representation? Think again. The real conflict wasn’t about a few policies. It was about power – a British claim to unlimited, centralized power “in all cases whatsoever.” James Madison later...