The Moment America Changed
1787 Philadelphia, PA The hot, humid summer of America’s transformation of the Articles of Confederation into the U.S. Constitution creates a unique design. The process for calling and completing it was 170 years old at the time. The [...]
“…power…derivied from the People…”
James Madison Thoughts from the Father of Your Constitution: Compiled by Mike Kapic - Novermber 25, 2024 “Hitherto charters have been written grants of privileges by governments to the people. Here they are written grants of [...]
John Locke & Natural Law
By Rodney Dodsworth - February 20, 2016 It wasn’t until I read Locke’s Second Treatise that so much of the Declaration came into better focus. Peter Laslett (Locke -Two Treatises of Government, Cambridge University Press) did a masterful job of editing [...]
Coolidge on Absolutism
By Tara Ross – April 25, 2023 "One of the first efforts of all kinds of absolutism is to control the press and the schools as the sources of information and education of the people." On this day [...]
The Debt Crisis Grows
Student Loan And Big Bank Bailouts Won’t Help When The National Debt Crisis Comes The losses will pile up, and American taxpayers will foot the bill until they no longer can. By A.F. Cronin – March 16, 2023 [...]
Using Courts to Gain Policy
Democrats’ Climate Lawfare Campaign Jeopardizes America’s Energy Future Climate activists use the courts as a weapon to attack large energy companies — essentially leveraging the legal system as a proxy to win a war of public opinion. By [...]