A Storm of Resolve: Commemorating the 248th Anniversary of the Battle of White Plains
October 28, 2024 marked the 248th anniversary of the Battle of White Plains — a fierce clash in which ordinary men faced a disciplined British army, not for glory, but for something far greater: the right to govern themselves. October 28, 1776, was a day etched into...
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...
Principles of ’98: Rooted in the American Revolution
In response to the hated Alien and Sedition Acts, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison drafted the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798, sometimes referred to as the “Principles of ‘98.” But the principles behind them were nothing new – they were part of a...