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“The ultimate authority … resides in the people alone. … The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation … forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any…” —James Madison (1788) Ironically, he rolled out the latest round of leftist gun control measures just ahead of our Patriots’ Day commemoration of the battle of Lexington and Concord — a case study of consequences when tyrannical governments attempt to disarm the people. This effort was, of course, met with ...

“The instruments by which [government] must act are either the AUTHORITY of the laws or FORCE. If the first be destroyed, the last must be substituted; and where this becomes the ordinary instrument of government there is an end to liberty!” —Alexander Hamilton (1794) There was a development this week in the death of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick — the circumstances of which I previously covered in detail. Two “Trump supporter” thugs were arrested for assaulting Officer Sicknick, spraying him with bear repellant, a nonlethal irritant similar to peppe...

“Wisdom, and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.” —George Washington (1786) Since the January Capitol mini-riot, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have delivered stellar political performances, even imposing a military occupation of our nation’s capital and surrounding the Capitol building with high-security checkpoints through fences topped with concertina wire. Frankly, architect William Thornton’s beautiful 19th-century neoclassic masterpiece now looks more like a maximum security p...

“Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.” —James Madison (1788) Last week, almost three dozen House Democrats issued a formal letter questioning Joe Biden’s mental acuity as it related to his sole presidential authority to launch nuclear weapons. In that letter, principal signer Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) asked that Biden give up his unilateral authority because, “Vesting one person with this authority entails risks.” Panetta tactfully noted, “Past presidents have threatened to attack other countries with nuclear weapons or...

“There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.” —George Washington (1793) As anticipated, the Biden/Harris regime is rapidly undoing the strong “America First” Middle East foreign policy achievements of former President Donald Trump, as Joe Biden’s handlers are resurrec...