Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Michael Boldin covers current events, the original constitution and strategy - all with an eye on advancing liberty.
In his series of essays, Brutus repeatedly warned about the dangers of centralized power, predicting that the proposed government would end up exercising “infinite” and “incomprehensible” power.
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An important lesson on power and human nature. Trust no one with power to endanger liberty. That includes – don’t trust the people who tell you to not trust people with power.
Path to Liberty: July 2…
The number of automated license plate readers has exploded to mind-boggling levels in recent years. Databases now contain billions of scans and they’re growing fast. This empowers local, state and fe…
His name forever associated with partisan political trickery, unfortunately few people know much else about Elbridge Gerry. He was a leading revolutionary, a signer of the Declaration of Independence…
Government is waging a war on your liberty. And it’s not just happening when the team you don’t like is in power. This is how things have always been.
Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: July 14, 2…
“The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches.” Advice from Thomas Jefferson that helps us push on against the largest government in history. And the nullification movement keeps doing just that: …
Although we generally refer to that list of abuses in the Declaration of Independence as “grievances” – that’s not how they were described in the text. Instead, they were referred to as “usurpations,…
Most people today have little to no familiarity with any of the books that influenced the founders – which is part of why things have gotten so far off the rails. And probably a big reason why govern…
Corrupt and repressive, weighted down by heavy bureaucracy – it’s all around us and getting worse year by year. But an alternative to total tyranny is attainable. These five principles can put things…
Living under the largest government in history – if we want to build a real “land of the free” – there’s a LOT of stuff that needs to be nullified into oblivion. Here are 4 that would set a strong fo…
“Tyrants care nothing for discussions that are to end only in discussion. Discussions, which do not interfere with the enforcement of their laws, are but idle wind to them.”
Path to Liberty: June 21,…
Despite a well-documented pattern of lawlessness by the FBI, including a failure to comply with even the most modest reforms, the secret court charged with ensuring FISA surveillance is lawful has es…
States and individuals can stop the new pistol brace rule – without waiting for the federal government to magically do something it almost never does – limit its own power. It’s going to take hard wo…
June 12, 1775 – Give up your guns and give up your friends – and we’ll give you peace? No deal said the Patriots. And it’s an attitude modern Americans would do well to heed.
Path to Liberty: June 12…
Tyranny often goes hand in hand with powerful people controlling and manipulating language – the meaning of words. Here are four – of many – ways they’ve done this with the Constitution.
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In a society where an alarming number of people have little to no knowledge of our history and foundational principles, we consider it our duty to teach as many people as possible about liberty, the …
What a surprise. Victims of government-run education make all kinds of bold claims about nullification. And almost every one of them are totally wrong.
Path to Liberty: June 5, 2023
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