Shaping the Electoral College, Part IX
Shaping the Electoral College, Part IX By Rodney Dodsworth, September 2, 2019 July 25th, 1787. Despite trodding familiar ground once again, we can see today the Framers’ determination to craft [...]
The Missing Article V Applications
An Update on Missing Article V Applications – by Stuart MacPhail, October 2019 The past few editions of this newsletter have highlighted various state-approved Article V convention applications that were [...]
Shaping the Electoral College, Part VIII
Shaping the Electoral College, Part VIII By Rodney Dodsworth, August 29, 2019 July 24th, 1787. More blind alleys. Let the schizophrenia continue! A couple days ago, delegates passed the framework [...]
Milton Friedman: Truth
12 Truth Bombs from Milton Friedman As Milton Friedman wrote, "Governments never learn; only people learn." Jon Miltimore September 29, 2019 American economist Milton Friedman rose to prominence in the [...]
Shaping the Electoral College, Part VII
Shaping the Electoral College, Part VII By Rodney Dodsworth August 26, 2019 July 20th, 1787. Since the delegates in Convention determined yesterday that State legislatures would appoint electors to the [...]
Article V…Unlimited?
Is a ‘Plenary’ Article V Convention a Viable Option? – by Stuart MacPhail, October 2019 Paul Gardiner is a Georgia-based man who has been active in Article V efforts for [...]
Shaping the Electoral College, Part VI
Shaping the Electoral College, Part VI by Rodney Dodsworth, August 22, 2019 July 17th and 19th, 1787. No other topic at the Federal Convention, our Article II chief Executive, demanded [...]
Letter to my Boss
Dear Boss, I have enjoyed working here these past several years. You have paid me very well and given me benefits beyond belief. I have 3-4 months off per year [...]
Shaping the Electoral College, Part V
by Rodney Dodsworth, August 19, 2019 June 9th, 1787. Our Framers were not about to substitute one national tyrant with another. All had lived under the abuses of George III [...]
Fossil Fuel Ain’t So Bad After All
What if Fossil Fuels had been Banned During Hurricane Dorian? By Gary Bauer, September 25, 2019 President Trump held a White House briefing on September 4, 2019, about U.S. efforts to assist [...]
Shaping the Electoral College, Part IV
by Rodney Dodsworth, Aug 15, 2019 June 4th, 1787. Benjamin Franklin - “The first man at the helm will be a good one.” The road to the Framers’ Electoral College [...]
Free Market Drive
The Driving Force of Free Markets Is Empathy, Not Greed Only the entrepreneur who prioritizes other people’s needs can be successful. Dr Rainer Zitelmann September 24, 2019 Both capitalists and [...]
Shaping the Electoral College, Part III
by Rodney Dodsworth, Aug 12, 2019 June 2nd, 1787. Delegates once again met in committee, the committee of the whole, a parliamentary device that allows a more open exchange of views [...]
Death of American Citizenship
by Victor Davis Hanson, September 26, 2019 The concept of citizenship is being assaulted on the premodern side by the legal blending of mere residency with citizenship. The American Founders institutionalized [...]
Shaping the Electoral College, Part II
by Rodney Dodsworth, Aug 8, 2019 June 1st, 1787. Not until the waning days of the Philadelphia Convention in September did our Framers complete their plan of the Electoral College. [...]
Project 1623
Project 1623 – A Conservative Response to “Project 1619” NY Times revisionists are struggling to replace 1776 with 1619 as the iconic year when America's core character was established. They [...]
Unbelievable Debt Facts
18 Facts on the US National Debt That Are Almost Too Hard to Believe There is hesitation among the political class as to what must be done to pay down [...]
A Purpose for Guns
Guns Prevent Thousands of Crimes Every Day, Research Shows How many lives are actually saved by gun ownership? Lawrence W. Reed August 23, 2019 It never fails. A split-second after [...]
My Confession
by Ben Stein [The following is an excerpt from a piece written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Dec 18, 2005 according to Snopes. What's [...]
Trump’s War
Trump's Total Culture War By Victor Davis Hanson Sep 19, 2019 Donald Trump is waging a nonstop, all-encompassing war against progressive culture, in magnitude analogous to what 19th-century Germans once [...]
