Individual Mandate for Cabernet Sauvignon?
What a difference a few hundred years makes. Throughout most of American history, barriers to commerce were imposed at the state level. States would engage… Read More
What a difference a few hundred years makes. Throughout most of American history, barriers to commerce were imposed at the state level. States would engage… Read More
Thirty years ago today, Ronald Reagan almost joined the ranks of Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, James Garfield, and William McKinley as the fifth assassinated… Read More
One year ago, when President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, he proclaimed it would lower costs, reduce the deficit, and lift… Read More
Like an eager kid who desperately wants to be included in his cooler older brother’s activities, America looks to the European Union for cues on… Read More
The future of democracy is at stake in Wisconsin. According to Paul Krugman, “what Mr. Walker and his backers are trying to do is to… Read More
In many ways, Obamacare clarified the problem of the administrative state. Congress routinely writes vague laws, delegating its authority to bureaucrats who make detailed regulations… Read More
The third Monday in February has come to be known—wrongly—as President’s Day. But, this is not a day to celebrate every president in our Nation’s… Read More
News organizations were aflutter to report on the controversies at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this past weekend. Several socially conservative groups boycotted the… Read More
Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to eat chocolate, dote on freshly delivered red roses, and to celebrate the 19th century abolitionist, Frederick Douglass. Born… Read More
On February 12, America will celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s 202nd birthday, but will conservatives celebrate his legacy? Lincoln is a pivotal figure in American history, yet… Read More
The House of Representatives is not merely a larger Senate. The Constitution divided the legislative branch into two Houses, with different constituencies, term lengths, sizes,… Read More
The Necessary and Proper Clause makes things happen. To many on the left, the Necessary and Proper Clause joins the General Welfare Clause, and the… Read More
When it comes to finding a constitutional authority to validate congressional action, the General Welfare clause is like a box without bottom: there is no… Read More
During the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised to act in the name of “the forgotten man,” that is, the poor man, the old man,… Read More
The 112th Congress has an unprecedented plan. They are going to read the Constitution-the document that each member will swear to uphold-aloud on their first… Read More
We all know the stories about George Washington. He chopped down a cherry tree, but did not lie about it. He wore wooden teeth and… Read More
On this day in 1773, a group of colonists disguised as Indians boarded British merchant ships and dumped into the Boston Harbor an estimated £10,000… Read More
Many Americans praise the first ten amendments to our Constitution, collectively called the Bill of Rights, as providing the true protection of our liberty. But… Read More
It is that time of the year again: Christmas gift list guides are out. (Find out which book made both the Claremont Institute’s book list… Read More
If there is one thing that the left and the right often agree about these days when it comes to the Founding, it is that… Read More
One hundred and thirty six years ago this week, Winston Churchill—arguably the leading statesman of the twentieth century—was born. The son of a British father… Read More
Communism, it is often said, will work under the proper conditions. Though it might fail in a big country with millions of disconnected individuals, it… Read More
Three weeks ago, Democrats took what President Obama dubbed a “shellacking” at the polls: Republicans picked up 62 seats in the House, enough to gain… Read More
News
Twenty five years ago, President Reagan’s Attorney General Ed Meese sparked a national debate about the meaning of the Constitution that set the stage for… Read More
At a G-20 conference in April 2009, President Obama was asked if America had a unique role in the world. Instead of explaining what makes… Read More
You should think twice the next time you invoke the Constitution or argue that the federal government is overreaching its power. According to The Economist,… Read More
For more than 200 hundred years, America’s first principles—liberty and equality, natural rights the consent of the governed, private property, religious freedom, the rule of… Read More
Love him or hate him, Glenn Beck has a point: Progressivism rejects America’s foundational principles. For the past one hundred years, progressive intellectuals and politicians… Read More
For over a hundred years, Progressives have been trying to persuade Americans that times have changed, and therefore our founding documents (especially the Declaration of… Read More
President Obama just redecorated The Oval Office. Part of his feng shui includes a new rug featuring several of his favorite quotes: “The Only Thing… Read More
