Consolidation vs Natural Liberty: Antifederalist Brutus No. 2
With a natural rights foundation – along with warnings about consolidation and people with power – in his 2nd of 16 essays during the debates over ratification of the Constitution, Antifederalist Brutus made a powerful case for decentralization and a Bill...
Unlimited, Centralized Power: “In All Cases Whatsoever”
Of all the Acts of Parliament that angered the American colonists and led to the Revolutionary War, the Declaratory Act is possibly one of the most important, but probably the least-known. It attempted to affirm unlimited, centralized power over the colonies, and...
Polarization, Power, and the Destruction of Liberty
Intense polarization has become a “national psychosis.” But, since few understand how things got this way, most “solutions” offered just lead to more of the same. Learn the nature of the problem from George Washington, Mercy Otis Warren, Thomas Jefferson and John...