American Revolution
Why the Founders Warned Against Standing Armies
All the founders agreed that standing armies were a great threat to liberty. The only debate was really the best way to prevent those dangers. But they didn’t come up with this view on their own – it was part of a very long tradition that was opposed to large,...
It was Gun Control: The Powder Alarm and the Road to Independence
Despite the fact that it proved to be mostly a false alarm, the “Powder Alarm” of 1774 showed the colonists that the British were serious – and willing to use gun control efforts to keep them in their place. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: September 1,...
Declaration of Independence: Usurpation is Treason
Although we generally refer to that list of abuses in the Declaration of Independence as “grievances” – that’s not how they were described in the text. Instead, they were referred to as “usurpations,” or a theft of power from the people. Sounds familiar, doesn’t...
This is a Constitutional Crisis
An “elective despotism” was not the government the revolutionaries fought for. Yet, here we are today. Path to Liberty: June 14, 2023 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tentherradio/path-061423.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple |...