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

Individual rights were not a significant issue during the Constitutional Convention, but a Bill of Rights certainly became a major issue during ratification. Those who fought for a Bill of Rights weren’t looking for a government guarantee of an itemized list of rights. Even the anti-Federalists believed that rights came from God, not the government. These Constitutional dissenters were demanding that government be restricted from interfering with their rights. In other words, they wanted it made crystal clear where the government dare not tread.

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If "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." This is the choice we have before us and what we might profit from contemplating on this 4th of July.

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This Friday's WWTFT Crossword Puzzle is from the Declaration of Independence. It seems only fitting to bring this puzzle out of the archives for the 4th of July weekend.

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The proposed balanced budget amendment is not necessarily all it's cracked up to be. We owe it to ourselves to look at it very carefully before we make it part of the Constitution.

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I recently had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Dr. John Kaminski, author of the recently published book, The Great Virginia Triumvirate. Dr. Kaminski gave me nearly two hours of his valuable time and innumerable insights into the characters featured in his book, namely Washington, Jefferson and Madison.

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Empire of Lies is a fast-paced "pot boiler" in which author Andrew Klavan lays out the case for American exceptionalism and the suicidal consequences of pandering to progressivism.

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The essays in this book by James Q. Wilson, were written over a thirty-year period and published in a variety of respected periodicals. It’s unfortunate that most politicians in Washington are unlikely to read it.

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As with many other precedents, George Washington set the custom of serving no more than 2 terms as president. Up until FDR, all of his successors adhered to this tradition. After FDR, the 22nd Amendment was passed by congress to …

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On this day in 1807, in flagrant violation of United States sovereignty, the British ship Leopard blasts an unprepared American ship, in an event that helps precipitate the war of 1812.

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The Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision last week on the rights of an individual in a Federalist system. At issue was an individual's right to challenge judgments based on unconstitutionality. The Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Third Circuit Court's ruling, which would seem to imply that an individual, "does not have standing to raise a Tenth Amendment issue."

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