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

“… the Constitution should be interpreted in ways that adapt its principles and its text to the challenges and conditions of our society in every single generation.”  Goodwin Liu

Until today, that is, when, on being confronted with his own …

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Upon reading the title of Federalist No. 6, Concerning Danger from War Between the States, I thought, “I’ll just give it a cursory read.”  (I intend to read them all.)  There are distinct groupings of the Federalist Papers. Some …

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In the fall of 1787 an anonymous anti-Federalist, writing under the pseudonym Centinel, wrote Anti-Federalist Arguments from Pennsylvania.  The first of these two letters appeared in the Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer on October 5th of that year.

Centinel suggests that …

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At the time of this country's founding the object of debate (while it sometimes did get heated) was to move the country forward. The Founders were looking for common ground so they could collaborate on important matters. It was not about earmarks, kickbacks, and vote trading.

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Congressman Hank Johnson, Democrat from  Georgia, recently explained the logic behind his party’s  immigration policies.  Providing  amnesty to illegals and  keeping the borders as porous as possible are actually motivated by national security concerns. These measure …

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Judge Andrew Napolitano hosts an interesting discussion with General Bill McCollum, John Tamny, and Professor Randy Barnett on the constitutionality of the Health Care Bill.

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Napolitano’s rapid fire discussion style is clear and …

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Al Sharpton has an important message for the folks who voted for Barak Obama last year. He told Fox News, “…the American public overwhelmingly voted for socialism when they elected President Obama.”

Did they know that’s what they voted for? …

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meme: a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)) “memes are the cultural counterpart of genes”

According to the brilliant youth of …

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Consider this an old fashioned handbill, albeit an electronic one. But try and imagine this posted on lamppoles, tavern walls, and distributed manually at town meetings.

REPEAL THE BILL! THROW THE BUMS OUT!

I am an American, and an independent …

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The Stamp Act was passed by Parliament on March 22, 1765 with an effective date of November 1, 1765. It passed 245-49 in the House of Commons and unanimously in the House of Lords.…

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