You Don’t have Constitutional Rights. You Just Have Rights.
Rights are not gifts from government. They don’t come from documents – like a constitution or a bill of rights. You have rights because you exist. Government – of course – isn’t too big of a fan of that view. On this episode – we’ve diving in...
The Forgotten Boston Massacre Speech They Wanted to Silence
In 1771, James Lovell stood before a massive crowd in Boston to deliver a speech commemorating the first anniversary of the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. His oration left no room for compromise: warning against standing armies, defending the people’s right to bear...
Forgotten Lessons from James Otis: Warnings We Ignored
Years before the Declaration of Independence, James Otis Jr. laid the intellectual foundation for the American Revolution – championing natural rights, property rights, and the necessity of resisting tyranny. To commemorate his birthday on February 5, 1725,...