Forgotten Foundation of the Revolution: Letters from a Farmer
John Dickinson’s Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania rank among the most important essays espousing the cause of liberty during the American Revolution. Yet, today – few people have read or even heard of them. Written in response to the Townshend Acts,...
Insights into the Constitution from English Social History
If you want to understand the Constitution, you should know something of the social context that produced it. Very useful for this purpose are the chapters on the 17th and 18th century in George Macaulay Trevelyan’s book, English Social History: A Survey of Six...
Five Critical Reminders About Liberty and Security from the Founders
Today, like every day, is a great day for a reminder of some of the top principles from the founders that we should never, ever forget. Unfortunately, every one of these top-5 has been thrown down the memory hole for generations. So it’s up to us to turn that around...