Supporters of Ron Paul have re-launched an old ad promoting the old idea of American isolationism.  “We now are a nation known to start war,” Paul is quoted as saying.  “We feel compelled because of our insecurity that we have to go over and attack these countries to maintain our empire.”  The message here (and repeated elsewhere) is that Paul’s isolationism is aligned with the Founding Fathers and “what is truly American and truly constitutional.” Not only is this refrain a gross misrepresentation of American history but it offers dangerously … More

How the New Indefinite Detention Provisions can be used on Americans

Will the American people finally stand up and say NO to big government and take back our country, restore our civil liberties, and our Constitution?

Judge Andrew Napolitano: “A self-written search warrant, even one called a national security letter, is the ultimate constitutional farce.”

President Obama may believe that America’s “reset” policy with Russia is the correct move to cover important foreign policy bases, but the policy is deeply flawed. It puts the United States at a disadvantage we can’t afford and forces us to lay aside fundamental American principles of human liberty. The “reset” concessions are simply not worth the exchange of empty promises from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who is merely a talking head for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. As Heritage’s Ariel Cohen & Kim Holmes wrote recently in a memo on … More

“These are our rights. This is what the constitution limits you to. You may go no further.”

They tell us how much money we owe them, what kind of car to drive, what kind of gas to buy, what to eat and drink. When will it be enough?

How does the Constitution “secure the Blessings of Liberty” to anyone?

We Americans have become so conditioned to accept whatever our government throws at us in the name of “safety” that we have completely forgotten what it is to live free and be secure in our persons.

Unless you’re a federal bureaucrat, we’re on the same team