Category — For The Record

In this article we attempt to pull out some things to think about from Federalist No. 15. We ponder whether Hamilton may have gone overboard in correcting some of the defects he identified in the Articles of Confederation. There are also some timeless observations on foreign policy.   Read the rest of this entry »

Seeking his 15 minutes of fame, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik categorizes Arizona as a "Mecca" for prejudice and bigotry.   Read the rest of this entry »

Do we have a government that still suits us as a people? Like it or not, our system was founded on a basic assumption that rights are given to us by a supreme God, to whom we are necessarily subordinate.   Read the rest of this entry »

Comparing French Revolutionary Philosophy and tactics with those of Communism yields some interesting correlations.   Read the rest of this entry »

George Washington proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving. This was an obvious and correct thing to do for our new government, a government which derived its legitimacy from the belief that God gave man unalienable rights.   Read the rest of this entry »

Preserving the sovereignty of "We the People" requires protecting dissent from the dictatorial yearnings of those who would suppress it to advance their own political agendas.   Read the rest of this entry »

Not everyone comes from the same set of assumptions. It's really tough to communicate without some kind of common ground. Here we answer the question, "what would the founders think (and why we should care)?"   Read the rest of this entry »

Every election poses anew the question that Hamilton asked in Federalist No. 1: "“whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force?”   Read the rest of this entry »

The recent brouhaha over the Delaware GOP Senate primary winner, the pundits’ reflections and Democrat wishful thinking about civil war in the Republican Party, reveal some interesting dark corners in surprising quarters.   Read the rest of this entry »

Is the Justice Department, at the behest of political appointees, selectively enforcing law? Recent actions provide glaring evidence to support this possibility.   Read the rest of this entry »