Founders’ Foresight: The Perils of Perpetual Debt
“A public debt is a public curse.โ Thatโs how James Madison put it, and he was right. Today, America is absolutely drowning in debt – and teetering on the brink. We’ve just hit a new, previously unthinkable milestone: a national debt of $36 trillion...
Northwest Ordinance: Landmark 1787 Law Set the Foundation
On July 13, 1787, the Confederation Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, one of the most important and influential acts of the early republic. It established a bill of rights years before one was added to the Constitution, and prohibited slavery in the territory...
The Forgotten Declaration that Explained the War for Independence
We are โresolved to die freemen rather than live slaves.โ These powerful words, penned by Thomas Jefferson and John Dickinson, hold a prominent place in the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, approved unanimously by the Second Continental...