Washington’s Farewell Address: Beware of “Tools and Dupes”
George Washington delivered his famous Farewell Address 217 years ago on September 19. ...
History
Have We Forgotten the Declaration of Independence?
Our contemporary federal government is at least as tyrannical as the government of England in 1776, yet we continue to suffer the "long...
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An American Family and the Civil War
In the days immediately preceding the U.S. Civil War, strongly held personal beliefs drove families apart as members took sides. When war began,...
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Secrecy and States’ Rights: The Constitutional Convention of 1787 Begins
On May 29, 1787, the delegates gathered at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia got down to the business of hammering out a government...
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Republics & Democracies
"I personally think that ... democracy is a weapon of demagoguery and a perennial fraud. I think that a constitutional republic is the...
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Ableman v. Booth: How State Nullification Can Defy Tyrannical Government
In 1854, Wisconsin rejected the federal Fugitive Slave Act, which mandated Northern states return Southern slaves without due process, demonstrating both the validity...
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Waco After 20 Years: A Warning Against Unrestrained Government
April 19 marks the 20th anniversary of the Waco, Texas, massacre of Branch Davidian church members at the organization's Mount Carmel compound. Some...
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On This Day in 1775: The “Midnight Ride of Paul Revere”
April 18 is the 238th anniversary of the ride of Paul Revere to warn patriots of the march of British soldiers toward Lexington...
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75th Anniversary of the Anschluss Election
Today is the 75th anniversary of the infamous rigged Anschluss election, where 99 percent of German voters supposedly approved the Nazi takeover of...
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Remembering the Internment of Japanese Americans
Seventy-one years ago today an overzealous general, following unconstitutional orders from his commander-in-chief, started sending American citizens living in California to internment camps...
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Irena Sendler: Humble Holocaust Heroine
During World War II, Polish Catholic social worker Irena Sendler risked her life to save thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto....
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Calvin Coolidge and the Greatness of a ‘Not Great’ President
If brevity is the soul of wit, it is unfortunate that Calvin Coolidge is remembered more for his greatly exaggerated brevity than for...
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Lincoln on Presidents’ Day: Image vs. Reality
Lincoln's birthday, February 12, appears to have lost some of its former aura, as all presidents are now supposedly covered by the amorphous,...
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Remains of Notorious English King, Killed in Battle, Discovered Under Parking Lot
The discovery of the remains of England's notorious King Richard III will likely do little to change his historical reputation as a murdering...
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100 Years Ago: Instituting the Income Tax
The ratification of the 16th Amendment — the income tax — caused profound changes throughout the United States. Not surprisingly, though the amendment...
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