In the times that try men’s souls, sometimes the best thing we can do is stand athwart the zeitgeist and offer a principled dissent.
The Progress of Leviathan
Trumpism is simply the inevitable result of a century-long expansion of federal authority and the centralizing of power in the US Presidency.
Link: Does the Constitution Hang by a Thread?
The US Constitution hangs by far fewer threads than it did even a few years ago. But of those threads, I will say this: there may be few, but they have the capacity to be strong.
Masks and Social-Distancing: What Would the Founders Say?
Yes, there’s the question of liberty. But, there is also the question of civic duty.
Link: What Are Constitutional Values?
The US Constitution doesn’t exist in a vacuum. There are strong ideological and philosophical underpinnings behind its provisions and framework.
The Dual Dysfunction of the Major Parties
The prudent approach of supporting the best of two alternatives fails to accomplish its purpose when both parties fall to extreme elements and instead present us with a least worst scenario.
Link: The Democrats Will Not Save The Constitution
Trump skeptical conservatives have reason to be concerned about the President’s convictions in constitutional government, but the Democrats’ contempt of constitutional values cannot be overstated.
The Marginal Drift of the Republican Party
While many members of the GOP still see themselves as conservative, the party’s tone and direction has severely drifted into the realm of populist nationalism as it has been willing to abandon core traditional tenets of conservative orthodoxy.
Seizing the Means of Communication
In defense of “free speech,” President Trump threatens a historic government assault on the free market of ideas.
Rights and Responsibilities
In American society today, individual rights have been corrupted into little more than a sense of entitlement. On this Memorial Day, let us remember the moral responsibility and civic duty that are supposed to accompany our unalienable rights.