On Republican Education
Perhaps the most prominent commonality among conservative authors and bloggers is their emphasis on first principles and their application to modern times. Everything flows from first principles. Since laws and… Read more »
Tag: Thomas Jefferson
Some Notes on the State of Virginia
There’s a tendency among 21st century patriots to assume the foundation of republican free government, conventions of the sovereign people, was known from the moment of independence in 1776. While… Read more »
Whatever Happened to the Articles of Confederation? Part III
As Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, George Washington knew like no other man of the shortcomings of the Articles of Confederation (AC). From the despair at Valley Forge in 1777-78,… Read more »
Publius Huldah vs Article V Part VII
Restore the Republic. In conclusion, Publius Huldah reiterated, “Our Constitution is a miracle; there is nothing wrong with it except for some amendments that Americans got conned into supporting.” Ignorance… Read more »
Publius Huldah vs. Article V: Part VI
Subtitle: Nullification. Publius Huldah. The Bill of Rights and Constitution are ignored. Our Framers advised two remedies to enforce the Constitution. First, James Madison said our constitution requires a virtuous… Read more »
Mark Levin’s Liberty Amendments: The Federalist II
I’m perplexed that Article V opponents have not, from time to time, embraced Federalist Numbers 49 & 50. Taken together in isolation from 48 and 51, a superficial read of… Read more »
Mark Levin’s Liberty Amendments: The Federalist I
As Mark Levin explained in Chapter One, he undertook his project not because he believed the “Constitution, as originally structured, is outdated and outmoded, thereby requiring modernization through amendments, but… Read more »
Government, Virtue & Education
We institute government, the Declaration says, to secure our unalienable rights; among them is the pursuit of happiness. Elaborating upon this straightforward idea, the Preamble to the Constitution informs us… Read more »