Month: January 2010

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Founders Corner

Jefferson’s First State of The Union Address

Thomas Jefferson delivered his first state of the union address in writing. He did not call a session of Congress to deliver this in person. Fellow Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: 8 December, 1801 - It is a circumstance of sincere gratification to me that on meeting the great council of our nation I am able to announce to them on grounds of reasonable certainty that the […]

January 27, 2010 3

Liberty

James Buchanan’s “Public Choice Theory”

I briefly alluded to professor Buchanan's "Public Choice Theory" on Thursday, 7 January 2010. As I have been saying for overe a year now it is absolute folly to believe in "reform" or "reform candidates" when it comes to Mordor on the Potomac. Our Constitution is dead and Congress is an ad hoc government making its own rules up as it consumes the population. Here's an excerpt from Buchanan's "Public […]

January 8, 2010 3