Paper Money: The Founders Warned Us!
“The evils of paper money have no end” That’s how Thomas Paine put it, but he was far from alone. The Founding Fathers were deeply worried about the dangers of paper money, because they lived them first hand. They repeatedly warned us about how it would give us price...
American Founder Jonathan Smith’s Inspiring Speech
When the second and third teams are impressive, you know the first team must be really good. Americans studying the Constitution tend to focus on the first team—James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, and so forth. But doing so doesn’t give you a full view of...
“Vote the Bums Out” is the Wrong Strategy
“Vote the bums out!” is the dominant political strategy in the United States. If you don’t like what’s going on, wait two years, or maybe four, and kick the offensive politicians out of office. Right? Well, the problem with this strategy is even in situations where...