Restore the Republic
With the auspicious exit of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan, the American people have a grand opportunity — one that should be seized and not squandered. That opportunity is to restore America’s founding governmental system of a limited-government republic, which...
Madison’s Definition of Democracy Is Now Irrelevant
by Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute The claim that the United States political system is “a republic, not a democracy” is often heard in libertarian and conservative circles, and is typically invoked whenever the term “democracy” is used in any...We Were Warned
by Walter E. Williams The celebration of our founders’ 1776 revolt against King George III and the English Parliament is over. Let’s reflect how the founders might judge today’s Americans and how today’s Americans might judge them. In 1794,...