Ignorance and Freedom Cannot Coexist
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be.” Thomas Jefferson understood what most people ignore today: Freedom demands a price: knowledge. Tyrants across history have weaponized ignorance for one reason: educated people...
Ancient Rome and the Constitution
You cannot fully understand the Constitution without knowing how the Founders were affected by the saga of ancient Rome. Part I: Rome in Founding-Era Culture Last year, the Internet resounded with chatter about how much American and British men ponder the subject of...
The Ancient Playbook: Politics as the Science of Fraud
“Politics is the science of fraud.” And politicians? They’re the “professors of that science.” Richard Henry Lee wasn’t talking about a few bad apples. He was warning about the nature of the system itself. It has been the same playbook throughout history....