Top Warnings from the Antifederalist Brutus
In his series of essays during the ratification debates, the Anti-federalist writer Brutus repeatedly warned about the dangers of centralized power, predicting the proposed federal government would end up exercising “infinite” and “incomprehensible” power. Like...
Consolidation and the Destruction of Liberty
If we truly want to build a real “land of the free,” it’s essential to understand the source of our problems – to “strike the root,” so to speak. Using the wisdom and warnings of leading founders and old revolutionaries – we can point to consolidation, or...
The American Empire and Your Liberty
Empire abroad is a massive threat to your liberty at home. Ultimately, as many founders warned, we could have either empire or liberty. But not both. The fundamental characteristics of a growing empire undermine the very foundation of the constitutional system. Empire...