History
What Really Makes a “Land of the Free”
โFor WHO ARE A FREE PEOPLE?โ John Dickinson, the โPenman of the American Revolution,โ posed this timeless question in 1767. His answer defied the modern narrative. It’s not a system where you hope to find rulers who respect your constitution and liberty....
Enemy Within: The Greatest Danger to Liberty
โTyranny can now enter our country,โ from one place. Benjamin Rush dropped that warning in 1778 at the height of the War for Independence. But he wasn’t talking about Redcoats. Recognizing the nature of power and humanity, he was giving us a timeless warning...
Ignorance and Freedom Cannot Coexist
โIf a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be.โ Thomas Jefferson understood what most people ignore today: Freedom demands a price: knowledge. Tyrants across history have weaponized ignorance for one reason: educated people...
Tariffs: The First Economic Battle Under the Constitution
The very first economic fight under the Constitution wasn’t over a national bank. It wasn’t over building roads or canals. It was about tariffs. This was, as James Madison called it, the subject of โthe greatest magnitudeโ – demanding, he insisted,...