History
Joseph Warren’s Final Oration: Against Standing Armies and Arbitrary Power
“Act worthy of yourselves.” That’s how the great patriot and Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren urged the people to commemorate the Boston Massacre, which happened today in history – March 5, 1770. In the face of a standing army occupier – and...
“The Immortal” Hugo Grotius: Lessons on Law That We Could Use
God created man free and a law unto himself, so that the actions of each individual and the sue of his possessions were not made subject to another’s will, but only to his own. Moreover, what is that well known concept “natural liberty” other than the power of the...
Whiskey Rebellion Truth: Noncompliance, Resistance, and Federal Retreat
Almost everything taught about the Whiskey Rebellion stems from a coverup. The prevailing myth presents an unbeatable federal government easily crushing resistance, discouraging any modern challenge to centralized power. But the real history tells a very different...
Luther Martin vs. Landholder: Anti-Federalist Warnings on Consolidation and Tyranny
In a heated war of words, Luther Martin responded to a series of essays penned by Oliver Ellsworth under the pseudonym Landholder, defending his colleague Elbridge Gerry against Federalist attacks and reinforcing key Anti-Federalist warnings about consolidation and...