Today in History: Shays’ Rebellion Intensifies
Today in history, on Jan. 25, 1787, the largest confrontation of Shays’ Rebellion, outside the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts, resulted in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty. It was the culmination of a financial conflict between veterans of...
Don’t Trust Government
Don’t trust government. And don’t trust politicians. That can’t be repeated often enough. Unfortunately, it seems that most people trust politicians – depending on the issue or depending on the political party they happen to be a part of. This never has...
Step by Step for Liberty: Small Things Grow Great by Concord
Let us remember that if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom! Writing as Candidus in the Boston Gazette on Oct. 14, 1771, Samuel Adams recognized an important and timeless truth. Turning a blind eye to an...