Category — Bill of Rights

A conversation with Sergei.   Read the rest of this entry »

Here is something unexpected from Richard Dreyfuss.   Read the rest of this entry »

Here's a quick little crossword for your Friday. The words are taken from a speech delivered by Madison to the Congress, in which he introduced the Bill of Rights.   Read the rest of this entry »

What with all the controversy over Justice Department snooping in reporters’ phone conversations and the National Security Agency tracking cell phone and Internet use of private citizens one would think that there would be an even louder uproar over the collection of personal information mandated by the Affordable Health Care Act. The silence is not only deafening, it is depressing.   Read the rest of this entry »

Just when you thought he couldn’t sink any lower, he exceeds your expectations. The photo of President Obama signing twenty-three executive orders sighted in on the Second Amendment demonstrates that this man and his party will use any means and anyone, including children, to further their agenda.   Read the rest of this entry »

President Eisenhower was among the faithful who listened to a powerful sermon by Presbyterian minister George Docherty, in which he argued for adding the phrase "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.   Read the rest of this entry »

James Madison and The Making of America is not really a biography. It is exactly what its title suggests, the story of the making of America, or at least its government. Kevin R. C. Gutzman’s book takes the reader on a chronological journey of Madison’s involvement in that process. It mirrors some aspects of Labunski’s James Madison and The Struggle For The Bill of Rights, but is broader in scope and less biographical than that excellent book.   Read the rest of this entry »

The American Bible is a fascinating collection of famous American texts bundled with relevant commentary which is sometimes enunciated more than 2 centuries after the fact. This is evidence that ideas are important both as agents of change and stability. Arguments over things like “the rule of law” are as important today as they were in 1776 and people are still fighting over these ideas today.   Read the rest of this entry »

Madison's Metronome is an extremely honest and thorough assessment of Madison's political theories as they relate to the construction of the United States federal system. The book is a "chips fall where they may" look at a remarkable mind.   Read the rest of this entry »

James Best's latest book, Principled Action provides an excellent analysis of the American Founding and what made it unique. However, it also provides considerable insight into the motivations of the current grass-roots movement for a return to constitutionalism. Thus Principled Action is 9 parts history and 1 part political philosophy.   Read the rest of this entry »