Tag: First Principles

Our Enemy Is the Ideology of the Totalitarian Left.

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021
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This is the time for freedom-loving people to coalesce around principles upon which we can all agree. This may be America’s only hope of survival. The ground isn’t going away any time soon but America’s first principles are. Just as we did in the Cold War era we need a broader coalition. We have a common foe.

Is Today’s America What the Founders Had in Mind?

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021

Today seems the right time to be thinking about “first principles.” A first principle is a basic assumption that cannot be deduced any further. First principle thinking is a fancy way of saying “think like a scientist.” Thomas Ricks has a book of the same name that addresses whether today’s America is what the Founders had in mind.

Tyranny Comes From Accumulation of Power

August 30, 2019

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands… may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” – James Madison, Federalist 47 Tyranny comes from accumulation of power in one branch of government. Growth Madison today would be horrified that the administrative state has added both legislative and judicial powers to … Read more