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It is not personal. It is business. It is life.
THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP
I have duly recieved your favor of the 7th. and have taken care that it shall be communicated to the Secretary at...
They hated him. He revered them.
THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP
I recieved yesterday evening your letter … informing me of the death of mrs Washington: witness of her constant course in...
The Restoration of the Tradition
The American Tradition, by Clarence Carson
PART 14: THE RESTORATION OF THE TRADITION
Can the American tradition be restored? Supposing it were desirable to do so, has...
What are the ONLY objects of a legitimate government?
THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP
… a part of my occupation, & by no means the least pleasing, is the direction of the studies of such young...
Ben Franklin: Have We Now Forgotten That Powerful Friend?
Liberty Letters, Benjamin Franklin
In the beginning of the contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this...
Let us remain where all religions agree …
THOMAS JEFFERSON LEADERSHIP
at an earlier period of life I pursued enquiries of that kind with industry & care. reading, reflection & time have convinced...
Novanglus Essay No. 1 – John Adams
John Adams lays out the American position on the natural rights of individual Americans and the rights enjoyed by all colonial governments under British law.
Notes of the Debates In the Second Continental Congress: 1775, 1776, by John Adams
Founders Corner Library: Major Works, John Adams
Notes of the Debates in the Continental Congress by John Adams. Edited by Charles Henry Adams
1775 and 1776
All...
The Interview: Paine's Christianity, Part 2
BY STEVE FARRELL
Was founder Thomas Paine ever a Christian, and ever anything other than a man who shouted the Bible down as "Fraud!"
Most of...
The Interview: Paine’s Christianity, Part 2
BY STEVE FARRELL
Was founder Thomas Paine ever a Christian, and ever anything other than a man who shouted the Bible down as "Fraud!"
Most of...
The President’s Duty to Faithfully Execute the Law
BOB GOODLATTE, HERITAGE FOUNDATION
Abstract
Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution requires the President to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” The President...
Fisher Ames: The Dangers of American Liberty, P2
American Debate
Federalist Fisher Ames sends a draft treatise to a friend for review, in which he addresses the dangers he sees to the liberty...
Federalist Papers No. 59, Alexander Hamilton
FOUNDERS CORNER LIBRARY: MAJOR WORKS
Friday, 22 February 1788
Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members
THE natural order of the subject leads...
Spirit of Power, Love, & of a Sound Mind – Benjamin Colman
CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, FOUNDING ERA SERMONS, BENJAMIN COLMAN
A spirit of peace and love, meekness and humility, candor and gentleness; whereby persons are ready to...
Federalist Papers No. 48, James Madison
FOUNDERS CORNER LIBRARY: MAJOR WORKS
Friday, February 1, 1788
These Departments Should Not Be So Far Separated as to Have No Constitutional Control Over Each Other
IT...
God & Country in 1941: An NEA Coming Out Party
BY STEVE FARRELL
Missing the Mark With Religion, Part 11
When I think of organizations that have worked long and hard to undermine the religious heritage...
God & Country in 1941: An NEA Coming Out Party
BY STEVE FARRELL
Missing the Mark With Religion, Part 11
When I think of organizations that have worked long and hard to undermine the religious heritage...
Ames: Dangers of American Liberty—Part III
American Debate
Federalist Fisher Ames sends a draft treatise to a friend for review, in which he addresses the dangers he sees to the liberty...
Tocqueville: Exterior Form of North America
AMERICANIST HISTORY
Democracy In America, Alexis de Tocqueville
Volume 1, Chapter 1, Published 1831
North America is divided into two vast regions, one inclining towards the Pole,...
Daniel Webster: If We Recklessly Destroy the Constitution
AMERICAN MINUTE WITH BILL FEDERER
One of the five greatest Senators in U.S. history, the State of New Hampshire placed his statue in the U.S....
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Revisiting EPA’s Gold King Mine blowout – Part 2
~The Navajo Nation and New Mexico vs. incompetence and bad faith in the USEPA~
Duggan Flanakin
On August 5, five years to the day after suffering...
Recalling EPA’s Gold King Mine disaster – Part 1
~Five years after the infamous blowout, EPA finally settles with Utah over Gold King pollution~
Duggan Flanakin
On the fifth anniversary of the notorious spill of...
Irregulars and Militias – Are Militias Still Legal in Texas?
BY T.F. STERN
(Image: The Concord Minute Man of 1775, a monument created by Daniel Chester French)
The most uncomplicated definition of Militia – military force...
Potentially powerful pipeline precedents
~Radical Greens have given citizens the tools to stop destructive wind and solar projects~
Craig Rucker
Fracking (horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing) has unleashed bounties of...