Racket Republicans
“Every great cause,” wrote the philosopher Eric Hoffer, “begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” Having led the anti-slavery movement to its culmination some… Read more »
Article V – The Healing Principle
In 1776, Great Britain’s American colonists revolted in response to George III’s corruption of the British constitution. The twenty-seven indictments of him in our Declaration detailed his assaults. Americans didn’t… Read more »
If I Could Speak with Dennis Prager
Subtitle: The Framers’ Electoral College. If I could get through to Dennis Prager’s radio show, I’d encourage him to read Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist No. 68 on Presidential elections. Should he… Read more »
Where our Sailors Rest
“If you ever want to sleep with a blonde again, you had better shoot down these bastards as soon as they come up” – a destroyer captain motivates his exhausted… Read more »
November 8th, 2016 – America’s Third Machiavellian Moment
The typical characterization of Niccolo’ Machiavelli (1469 – 1527) today is that of a cold advocate of raw force from which his devious students, petty princes in small kingdoms, kept… Read more »
Scotus – End Chevron Deference
Subtitle: She Walked Like a Woman but Talked Like a Man Girls will be boys and boys will be girls It’s a mixed up muddled up shook up worldLola –… Read more »
Strange Bedfellows – Conservative Article V Opponents and the Radical Left
Article V is the essence of the American Revolution, the right of all peoples to amend their governing form as “shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”… Read more »
Our Remarkable Electoral College
The wisdom of our awkward Electoral College (EC) goes far beyond the matter of relative electoral weight between urban and rural voters. Thank the Framers for doing more than diffusing… Read more »
Machiavelli – Dealing with the Deep State Aristocracy
He who draws his sword against the prince must throw away his scabbard – Italian Renaissance maxim. America doesn’t have a classic aristocracy. But, does it have an order set… Read more »
Our Unbalanced Constitution and Article V
Subtitle: John Adams Reconsiders Republican Government. The American Revolution wasn’t a simple colonial rebellion against English imperialism. It was first and foremost a social revolution. We can hardly imagine today… Read more »