Today's Politicos vs The Words and Deeds of The Founders

This Friday's puzzle is based on words from the text of Washington's first inaugural address.

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Private property rights and liberty are intertwined. The Founders knew this and sought to protect both.

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Barbara Tuchman's book answers a question often asked by students of American history. How could the experienced and well-armed British Army lose the American Revolutionary War to a bunch of poorly trained farmers and shop keepers?

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This Friday's puzzle is from articles 4 - 6 of the US Constitution. Enjoy!

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Author Michael Newton has set out the warning signs on the path from liberty to tyranny. Starting at ancient Greece, he takes the reader on journey through the Roman Empire, ancient Israel, the Soviet Union and the Fascist states of Italy and Germany.

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The newly elected and established politicians seem to be at loggerheads over the correct course of action. The country is in a dire state of affairs and it may get worse real fast. What to do? Here’s some advice from one of the Founders of the Republican Party and the first Republican president—Abraham Lincoln.

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Pauline Maier's new book, Ratification is a fantastic account of the events after the Constitutional Convention. She is perhaps the first scholar to delve into the history of what it took to get the new government installed and what near thing it was. Along the way she transforms dusty documents into living, breathing human beings, giving the reader a real flavor of even some of the lesser known luminaries who deserve the appellation - Founding Father.

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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.

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This Friday's crossword is derived from Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution.

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A quick summary of the 9th Annual Bill of Rights celebration at the Wrigley Mansion with Gary Johnson as a keynote speaker.

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