Why Do We Still Have a Congress?
“All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.”
Liberty
Who Do Gun Laws Really Protect?
Who Do Gun Laws Really Protect? In the U.S. and worldwide, there is a very strong correlation between harsh gun laws and high crime and tyranny.
Stakeholder Capitalism: A Contrast in Principles
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union…how that praise interacts with the concept of stakeholder capitalism.
Political Intimidation: The Control by Totalitarian Pols with an Evil Tactic
Political intimidation is the one control restricting personal liberties and bolstering totalitarianism.
Federalist 63
In closing out Federalist 62 Madison mentions the issue of laws in general. I bring this up here because Madison returns to the theme again in Federalist 63. It is, once again, worth quoting him as he speaks to us today.
What We’ve Learned or Affirmed from This Pandemic (Part 1)
Greetings my fellow Americans! Before I dive into this article, I’d like to briefly explain my intent with my regularly aforementioned salutation. It is directed at everyone (regardless of nationality) who has come to appreciate just how exceptional the original American approach to society and civilization, based on individual liberty and God-given rights, has been …
There is a Perpetual and Global War on Freedom
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” – Plato
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War
The Bill of Rights; A Primer
“Negative liberty is the absence of obstacles, barriers or constraints. One has negative liberty to the extent that actions are available to one in this negative sense.” — from “Positive and Negative Liberty”, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Where The Constitution Is Silent
The Supreme Court, with its GOP appointed majority, may start sending back issues to the legislatures, where they belong.
The Age of Trump
One hundred years from now, historians will be looking back and calling this the Age of Trump, for Donald Trump has as much clout today in America that only the most notable presidents in American history have ever seen.
We are Finally Here!
For those who have been suffering through my articles for the past many days, you probably suspected early on what it was I was trying to do. We started with the most basic philosophical question, who am I and why am I here, and have worked our way through some of the highlights of western thought. This …
On Independence Day, a Comparison of President Biden To King George
The second Continental Congress adopted a Declaration of Independence of July 4th, 1776, a summary of the political thought that had evolved over the centuries regarding the freedoms of man. Thomas Jefferson in his genius added teeth to the Declaration so that the document should stand the test of time. Perhaps this 4th of July, the citizens of …
The Left Wants to Shred the Constitution; For the Right, It’s the Difference Between Freedom and Tyranny
I don’t typically agree with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. about anything, but I was struck by comments he made during a March 2021 podcast entitled “Truth.” Recounting an experience he’d had at a recent political rally in Berlin, Kennedy said, “I was shaking hands and I wasn’t wearing a mask. Nobody was. There were a …
The Stoics Today
What were the lessons of the Stoics, why were they critical in Admiral Stockdale’s survival as a POW, and what can they tell us today?
The Left Thinks You Just Don’t Live Properly!
In the 51 years since I left my mother’s house, I have lived in apartments, rented single family homes, an owned half-duplex, an owned single family home, and now, finally, an owned farmhouse on actual farmland. We have exactly one neighboring home, about 100 yards away, as our houses are the only two on a …
Will We Keep Our Republic?
Benjamin Franklin. Image via Pixabay Ben Franklin famously said, “You’ve got a republic, if you can keep it.” That warning is particularly haunting now, because we seem on the verge of losing it – not from foreign invasion – not from revolution – but because we stopped caring about it. America was founded on …
What’s The Matter With America?
It’s been a week since 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered by a deranged 18-year-old with a rifle in a Uvalde, Texas elementary school. We have had time to process that tragedy, debate the police response (or lack of it), discuss the attack, and of course, politicize it. I am not going to …
The Fight to End Qualified Immunity- Part I
“Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress…”.
