Great Crimes, No Punishment
We honor our Framers as the greatest lawgivers in history, yet as a society we freeze at the thought of removing perhaps the greatest law-thief in history, Barack Obama. The… Read more »
Where the Presumption of Liberty?
Should I be charged with a felony, I know that as an American I am presumed innocent. This presumption of innocence means I will remain in possession of my God-given… Read more »
Article V and The Federalist No. 1
In my April 20th post, I connected our existing and dire situation with that of 1787. Despite the differences between then and now, there is at least one commonality: the… Read more »
Progressing the American Republic
The framing generation of 1787 agonized over how to form free government across an extensive territory that avoided the classic problem of republics: their degeneration into democracies in which various… Read more »
If Two States Convened
What if just two states set a time and place for delegates to discuss amendments to our Constitution? Several states have submitted applications to congress that call for limiting the… Read more »
Pity the Poor Rino
How often at your workplace have you held your tongue out of fear of saying something that could get you fired? Everyone looks out for their interests. We naturally try… Read more »
Machiavelli on Religion and Republics
In his Discourses on Livy, Niccolò Machiavelli devoted several chapters to the importance of religion to the long-lived Roman Republic. There are lessons here for America 2016. Numa Pompilius, successor… Read more »
On Sterile Politics, Christianity and Liberty
I was a registered Libertarian for twelve years. While I probably still agree with much of what the party stands for, I left the Libertarians for the same reason I… Read more »
Burning Down our Constitutional House
The Constitution was to be our republican house, our shelter from tyranny. Its four load bearing walls were the three federal branches plus the state governments. This structure in turn… Read more »
James Madison’s Council of Revision and Modern Judicial Review
While our Constitution famously set up a government of divided powers, the powers within each branch are not absolute. Each is subject to various checks from the others. Congress is… Read more »