Whose Fault Is This?
The Constitution was supposed to create a general government limited to a few specific listed powers. Instead, we ended up with the biggest most powerful government in the history of the world. What happened? And who’s to blame? James Madison outlined the...
ATF Pistol Brace Rule: An “Experiment of your Disposition”
With an enforcement deadline looming at the end of May, potentially affecting millions of stabilizing braces, the new ATF rule is – as the founders told us – a test or an “experiment of your disposition.” The Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted its “Final Rule” on...
The ideas that formed the Constitution: Sir Isaac Newton
Although each essay in this series is pegged to one or more individuals, the series fundamentally isn’t about the individuals, but the ideas they represent. Sir Isaac Newton wasn’t a political thinker like Marcus Cicero or John Locke. He was a scientist. Indeed, he...