Although the man in the White House is blaming everyone except the tooth fairy for the nation’s economic woes, he might consider looking in the mirror.   Read the rest of this entry »

Those interested in enlarging their understanding of the Constitution have a unique resource in the Pacificus - Helvidius Debates. Liberty Fund has performed a great service by bringing together, for the first time, all the documents relevant to the Debates in a single, readable volume.   Read the rest of this entry »

Daniel Solove's book is informative and disturbing in equal measures. He reveals a great deal about the way technology empowers government to gather private information virtually unhampered by the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. It is not a difficult book to read, but readers may find what it says hard to forget.   Read the rest of this entry »

If you enjoy reading adventure fiction seasoned with history and featuring seemingly indestructible heroes and heroines, you’ll like Steve Berry’s The Jefferson Key. There are no spoilers in this review!   Read the rest of this entry »

The scope of the essays and Ceaser’s erudition and penetrating insights make this book an important one to read, but difficult to summarize. Nevertheless, this review will attempt to convey the breadth of the author’s thinking, his passion for his subject, and to produce a desire to read the book.   Read the rest of this entry »

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.  Winston Churchill

It’s time for Republicans to put their pants on.  When 47% of Americans “somewhat approve of Obama’s handling of the …

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Marc Leepson's biography of the American flag explains why it took 135 years and an Executive Order before Americans knew what the flag was supposed to look like.   Read the rest of this entry »

President Obama remains unable to conceal the conflict between his political ideology and that of the Founders.   Read the rest of this entry »

If "men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force." This is the choice we have before us and what we might profit from contemplating on this 4th of July.   Read the rest of this entry »

The essays in this book by James Q. Wilson, were written over a thirty-year period and published in a variety of respected periodicals. It’s unfortunate that most politicians in Washington are unlikely to read it.   Read the rest of this entry »