The Mischiefs of Corruption
“All tyrannies,” wrote Algernon Sidney, “had their beginnings from corruption.” He drew most of his illustrations in Discourses Concerning Government from the Roman experience, which, in little over a hundred… Read more »
Tag: Algernon Sidney
The Civil War Upon Us Part II
“Civil war,” wrote Algernon Sidney, “is a disease, but tyranny is the death of the state.” The aftermath of war extends beyond physical destruction. Not just PTSD in individuals, but… Read more »
Algernon Sidney’s Advice for Article V Opponents
Our Founders’ textbook to revolution was Algernon Sidney’s Discourses Concerning Government. Alongside John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government, these famous works were refutations of another influential 17th century book, Patriarcha… Read more »
An Arbitrary Supreme Court
Just as Rome never had a king after deposing the last Tarquin, yet breathed her last under unlimited Emperors, America will never have an unlimited, absolute monarch. Instead, it has… Read more »
Remnant Institutions – British House of Lords and US Senate Part I
The House of Lords. There’s an unmistakable correlation between the decline of the British and American middle houses of government and the loss of liberty in their respective countries. Today’s… Read more »
Article V – Dynamic Federalism
Over a long radio career, Rush Limbaugh regularly slammed the Congressional Budget Office for its static analysis of tax cuts. It is natural to think in linear terms. If Congress… Read more »
Eternal Vigilance and Article V
Sovereignty: Use it or lose it. Sovereignty unattended is sovereignty lost, and We the People have precious little of it left. I challenge anyone to argue that our sovereignty isn’t… Read more »
Algernon Sidney and the Deep State
History abounds with good things to emulate and horrid things to avoid. The first thing to emulate in free government is to assume everyone in it is a rogue, a… Read more »
The Question of Lawmaking
I can hear the eyes glazing over. From Article I § 1 “We the People,” in a straightforward sentence loaned limited lawmaking powers to a Congress of the United States…. Read more »
Of our Founding Principles Part I
There is no reason to shirk from confronting the Marxists who infest our institutions and culture. On the contrary, since they despise the foundations of our Declaration and Constitution, they… Read more »