Among the “long train of abuses and usurpations” perpetrated under color of British authority, the Declaration of Independence lists one whose phrasing is downright curious: “the present King of Great-Britain” has “combined with others to subject us to a Jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution, and unacknowledged by our Laws.” To what constitution are the colonialsContinue reading “Keeping the Constitution Alive”
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Who Killed the Constitution?
As we watch what was left of our constitutional republic crumble before our eyes, it’s natural to wonder when and by whom the wrecking ball was first swung. For anyone more awake than woke, it is clear that the “new left,” whose takeover of the Democratic party and the majority of our public institutions isContinue reading “Who Killed the Constitution?”
A Benign Bloodthirst
Clarence Thomas is to my mind (the one you keep hearing about here) the most impressive of our Supreme Court Justices. That late intrepid defender of the “original meaning” of our Constitution, Antonin Scalia, referred to him admiringly as a “bloodthirsty originalist.” Pace the purveyors of social injustice, this does not imply that he isContinue reading “A Benign Bloodthirst”
What Government is Supposed to Do
Among those of our contemporaries still inclined to ask, many might be surprised to hear what James Madison believed to be the purpose of government. It was not material prosperity, or peace defined as the absence of conflict. Nor was it the defense of individual rights or property interests, per se. Rather, according to Madison:Continue reading “What Government is Supposed to Do”
Big Business’s Daily Exercise in Tyranny
In his Notes on the State of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson expounds the evils of slavery. In addition to the grave injustices slavery inflicts on its victims, he notes the corrupting influence this institution has on the so-called masters: The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, theContinue reading “Big Business’s Daily Exercise in Tyranny”
Obedience to the Faith in All Nations
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, . . . by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead; by whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith, in all nations, for his name. Romans 1:1-5 When St. PaulContinue reading “Obedience to the Faith in All Nations”
"His Tongue shall Speak Judgment" 