James Madison Archive

KrisAnne Hall, Government regulation of private business is never a good thing. Shocking statement, isn’t it? But it’s true, so let’s look at it. 1.  First, we must recognize that laws don’t stop crimes. Laws aren’t even designed to stop crimes. The …

 During last year’s budget negotiation meetings, President Barack Obama told House Speaker John Boehner, “We don’t have a spending problem.” When Boehner responded with “But, Mr. President, we have a very serious spending problem,” Obama replied, “I’m getting tired of hearing you …

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Former President George H.W. Bush celebrates his 90th birthday Thursday. A list of the 10 longest-lived U.S. presidents, their age and the day they died, if applicable: 1. Gerald Ford; 93 years, 165 days; died Dec. 26, 2006. 2. Ronald …

 Imperium in imperio will govern your internet connection  “Competition is a sin,” said the robber baron John D. Rockefeller. His maxim, a rule of conduct for large corporations for well over a hundred years, will soon govern how you receive your internet …

By Michael Maharrey,  For some reason, some conservative commentators keep propagating the historical lie that James Madison “rejected nullification.” James Madison did no such thing. Even while opposing a bastardized proposal for nullification created out of thin air in South Carolina, he …

Our Founding Fathers set out to create the freest nation known to man. These brave men rejected the tyrannical rule of King George III by signing the Declaration of Independence. The Founders later wrote the Bill of Rights which lists our natural …

The John Birch Society – by Larry Greenley Article V convention advocates deceptively state that such a convention would be “limited.” Col: MASON 2ded & followed Mr. Randolph in the dangerous power and structure of the Government, concluding that it would end either in …

Militia News A good place to start in determining how to enforce the Constitution is with the guy who’s commonly referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.” While there’s some debate that James Wilson was actually far more fitting of that …

The problem was caused by James Madison. And by the 39 other men who signed the Constitution in 1787. The problem, of course, is the government shutdown. It was caused because the Framers of the Constitution wisely provided for separation of powers …

Chuck Norris A few weeks ago in Part 1, I finished by discussing how Thomas Jefferson distinguished the U.S. from other countries in asking, “What but education has advanced us beyond the condition of our indigenous neighbors?” But is today’s public education …

Americans voted twice for a big-government President, and now we’re beginning to experience the impact of big government. Are you shocked? It’s been nearly five years of the President and Congress spending future generations into the oblivion of debt, the Executive Branch …

Random thoughts from wise thinkers: “We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.” (F.A. Hayek) “Many respectable writers agree that if a man reasonably believes that he is in immediate danger of death …

By Jonathon Moseley “Question Authority” was a dominant political theme in the ’60s and 70s We’re talking about the 1760s and the 1770s, of course — the American Revolution. Well, sure, the 1960s and the 1970s, too. But our country was founded …

By Brian Vanyo On September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris officially ended the American Revolutionary War. Against all odds, the makeshift American militia, having endured 8 years of fighting, defeated the world’s strongest military to bring independence to the American people …