Writings on the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution
A collection of links to some of my previous writings on these topics, which remain relevant today.
A collection of links to some of my previous writings on these topics, which remain relevant today.
Juneteenth celebrates a great American achievement, and a triumph for the nation's Founding principles. Also, the culture war over the holiday is lame, and hopefuly coming to an end.
The first treasury secretary's plans would have created cartels that mainly benefited the wealthy at the expense of small competitors.
I shouldn't have to spend so much money on an accountant every year. But I don't really have a choice.
Linda Upham-Bornstein's "Mr. Taxpayer versus Mr. Tax Spender" delivers an evenhanded view of American tax resistance movements.
A collection of links to some of my previous writings on these topics, which I think remain relevant today.
This is true despite claims to the contrary by some on both the left and right.
Excerpts from a dialogue with ChatGPT
Fireworks consumption is at record levels even as fireworks injuries fall.
Reading between the lines of The Wealth of Nations
The emerging culture war over the holiday is misguided. In reality, Juneteenth celebrates one of the greatest triumphs of America and its founding principles.
Two historians go head-to-head on whether the controversial New York Times project has any value.
Two historians go head-to-head on whether the controversial New York Times project has any value.
Just consider the policies that the Founding Fathers embraced.
Instead, the feds are telling us something very revealing about themselves.
A compendium of some of my previous writings on these topics, which I hope remain relevant today.
Hey, we're still mad about those things today!
Far from being somehow at odds with July 4 and the Declaration of Independence, Juneteenth celebrates the greatest achievement of the principles of the Revolution.
Nikole Hannah-Jones' new book sidesteps scholarly critics while quietly deleting previous factual errors.
Despite all the controversy it has courted, Woody Holton's newest book doesn't stray very far from other scholarly interpretations of the American Revolution.
The principles of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution justify free migration rights.
A compendium of many of my previous writings on these topics, which remain relevant today.
“The fact that it hasn't ended in the past 230 years suggests that maybe [it will] last a good deal longer,” says historian Dennis C. Rasmussen, author of Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders
Would vaccine vigilantes be justified in stealing and distributing AstraZeneca doses locked up by order of the government?
Douglass' classic speech is an indictment of slavery, racism, and American hypocrisy - but also includes a great deal of praise of the American Revolution.
I recapitulate why it's important that the American Revolution was not an ethno-nationalist secession movement, and address claims that history would have taken a better course had the Revolution been defeated or never happened.
A lost volume of American history finds the light of day.
A history professor disputed some of Nikole Hannah-Jones's claims about slavery and the American Revolution.
Some on both left and right argue that the American Revolution was a mistake that ultimately caused more harm than good. Here's why they're wrong.
The Declaration of Independence advocates a polity based on universal principles of liberty and equality, not ethnic nationalism. We would do well to remember those principles today.
The social media site has a difficult time telling the difference between white nationalist ravings and the writing of Thomas Jefferson.
The foreword to a new history of our controversial Founder written by Ron Paul.
These Gadsden flag alternatives offer cuddlier featured creatures and more polite requests to be left alone.
Author Edward Lengel on how Washington's business acumen shaped America.
Why should libertarians celebrate the blueprint that made powerful government possible?
...and the Progressive Era's rather different approach to the national banner
American history is not an essentially libertarian story.
Congress passed the Bill of Rights 225 years ago today. Why the struggle for food freedom is at the heart of those amendments.
It's a Fox Business presidentapalooza.
The country is a tad polarized
There is no museum in the U.S. currently dedicated primarily to the American Revolutionary War.
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