I, Pencil
My Family Tree as Told to Leonard E. Read by Leonard Read, December 1958 I, Pencil I am a lead pencil—the ordinary wooden pencil familiar to all boys and girls [...]
An Arbitrary Supreme Court
by Rodney Dodsworth July 1, 2019 Just as Rome never had a king after deposing the last Tarquin, yet breathed her last under unlimited Emperors, America will never have an [...]
America
WSJ July 6, 2019 The Why, How and What of America Readings to appreciate the making of our nation and its continuing miracle. By Peggy Noonan | 1232 words I’m [...]
Congressional Term Limits!
https://youtu.be/TnwGdl1YrQ8 "Congress has a 14% approval rating. 60% of American's say they would fire every single one. Congress is less popular than traffic jambs, root canal, or hemorrhoids."
Our Debt Should Have a Siren?
Does Anybody Really Care about America’s $22 Trillion Debt? – by Stuart MacPhail June, 2019 On June 18 the Orlando Sentinel carried a piece entitled “National debt is $22 trillion and counting, and [...]
Saving the Constitution
Article V – Saving the Constitution Rodney Dodsworth May 7, 2018 Among the shortcomings of the Articles of Confederation was the near impossibility of amending them to meet pressing needs regarding [...]
Swiss Debt Brake
Swiss Spending Cap Continues to be Successful by Stuart MacPhail July, 2019 Over the past few years this publication and several others have extolled the virtues of “The Swiss Debt [...]
Assault on Western Civilization
Walter E. Williams July 03, 2019 Western civilization was founded on a set of philosophies that focuses strongly on the sanctity of individuals and their power of logic and reason. [...]
Our Constitutional Compact and Article V
Our situation has more in common with battered wife syndrome than as a society that penned an agreement, a compact, among ourselves. By Rodney Dodsworth June 24, 2019 Now and [...]
Who Writes Our Laws!?
With Administrative Law Rollback, Supreme Court Begins To Drain The Swamp Executive agencies are on notice that it’s no longer ‘anything goes’ when they rewrite their own rules, that judges [...]
History: Virginia Ratifies Constitution
This Day in History: A battle of heavyweights at the Virginia ratifying convention by Tara Ross June 25, 2019 On this day in 1788, Virginia ratifies the United States Constitution. At [...]
Unequal is Fair
https://youtu.be/rv0VKl_jwwI A billion people have been raised out of poverty since the '80s because of one thing: inequality. Without it, we'd all be poor.
States Must Step Up!
Congress has demonstrated that it will not do its job… so state leaders MUST use their Constitutionally-authorized powers… and step up. by Stuart MacPhail July, 2019 Some advocates for solving [...]
“Huston, We Have a Problem!”
4 Takeaways From a New Report on the National Debt Justin Bogie / June 25, 2019 By the end of this year, debt held by the public will amount to 78% [...]
Happy Independence Day!
This Day in History: Happy Independence Day! by Tara Ross July 4, 2016 On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress adopts our Declaration of Independence. It had already resolved on [...]
The Founders Intent
By Frank Keeney JUNE 18, 2019 Today our federal government is gridlocked, dysfunctional, and in desperate need of repair. Because of the unwillingness or inability of Congress to act, a number [...]
Healing States, But Not the Nation?
Article V – The Healing Principle by Rodney Dodsworth June 10, 2019 In 1776, Great Britain’s American colonists revolted in response to George III’s corruption of the British constitution. The twenty-seven indictments [...]
The Left’s Elitism: Far From Regular Dems
WSJ June 22, 2019 Notable & Quotable: The Elitism of ‘Woke’ Ideology ‘The woke elite act like white saviors who must lead the rest of the country, including racial minorities.’ [...]
Reds and Blues Meet with Civility
This Group Got Black Lives Matter And Tea Party Leaders To Talk. Can The Rest Of Us? ‘I don’t know at what point we moved from disagreeing with the argument [...]
Two Stories About Our Debt
This Plan Proposes to Balance the Federal Budget in 6 Years – Earlier in May, Justin Bogie (referenced in 6/24/19 HFL) wrote about “Preserving American Freedom,” a comprehensive fiscal 2020 budget proposal [...]






















