Liberty Institute

James Madison’s “Remonstrance” on Religious Rights of Man Created the First Amendment

Mandeville, LA - There has been ample discussion the past 24 hours as there has been since the dawn of the "Religious Right" in the late 1970's over the purported "Faith Based Constitution" and "Christian Nation" that "HE" erected on these shores. I am guilty of this hyperbole and historic distortion my self, recorded in one passage of "The Road To Independence". Full disclosure, I am a practicing Catholic, a […]

September 11, 2012 8

Founders Corner

Restoring [r]epublican virtue: Mike Church Spreads the Good Word of John Taylor of Caroline

The Wisdom of John Taylor of Caroline by Bradley J. Birzer, TIC co-editor [Reposted with permission of The Imaginative Conservative, original article link is here] During the annual meeting of the Academy of Philosophy and Letters in Baltimore this summer, radio personality and [r]epublican man of virtue, Mike Church, called for a revival and remembrance of the thought of John Taylor of Caroline. Perhaps, Church persuasively argued, we might very well find […]

September 4, 2012 21

Founders Corner

“Money For Nuthin’ & Your Chicks For Free”-My Tour of the RNC

Tampa FL - Warned John Taylor in his "Inquiry Into The Principles of the Gov't of the United States" "[The powerful Executive branch]...converts representation into vassalage to the leaders of parties, disciplined, not by the comparatively honourable infliction of the lash, but by the base and wicked sophism, that it is honourable to stick to a party, and treacherous to adhere to conscience. The disciples of this infamous doctrine are […]

August 27, 2012 11

Founders Corner

John Taylor of Caroline-The Evil Moral principles Of The Government of the Unite States

Mandeville, LA - This is the 3rd chapetr of John Taylor's work 'An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States" written chiefly as a response to John Adams' "Defence of the Constitutions of The United States". This chapter lays out Taylor's belief that no system of government that ever stray from [r]epublican forms can remain free of corruption. You can listen to Taylor's view […]

August 27, 2012 20

Founders Corner

Live Chat with Mike – Thursday 6-9 PM CST – Romney at RNC Convention

Join us this Thursday night for an exclusive chat at MikeChurch.com. We'll be watching and discussing Mitt Romney's speech at the RNC Convention in Florida. And you can bet we'll be talking about plenty of other people who probably WON'T be there either... you know who I mean.

August 24, 2012 10

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When Freidrich Met Russell – The Famous “Conservative” vs “Liberal” Essay by Hayek

Mandeville, LA - In response to many requests by readers for a posting of Freidrich Hayek's "response" to Russell Kirk's "Chirping Sectaries" essay, here is the Hayek post in its entirety. I will post more of a narrative and response after reading this work in its entirety. Why I Am Not a Conservative By Nobel laureate F. A. Hayek In The Constitution of Liberty (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, […]

August 20, 2012 9

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If It Was Not Granted Then it Was Reserved – Why The Lincolnistas Are Wrong

Mandeville, LA - Noah Millman posts at the American Conservative Magazine in part: "If the secessionist cause is to be justified in the Declaration’s terms, it must make one of two claims. Either there are no “political bands” of note to dissolve – the Union is a mere compact among sovereign entities, that any party may depart from at will. Or, if those bands are granted to exist, the election […]

August 20, 2012 14

Founders Corner

Jefferson Isn’t Just For Liberty Anymore: Bourbon Advice From Mike Church

A listener, Andrew Moore writes: Hello Mike, As I consider you my political guru and responsible for my unplugging from the matrix I seek further guidance from you. Which of the Jefferson's Reserve Bourbons would you recommend? In what manner would you suggest to properly imbibe your recommendation? Thank you for your sage advice. Prithee peace, Andrew Moore Response: Andrew, Jefferson's Reserve is one of the best bourbon whiskeys there […]

August 12, 2012 5

Founders Corner

The Republican Party’s Roots Are NOT Conservative

[private FP-Yearly|FP-Monthly] [/private] Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Audio and Video - I digress on the whole bringing "the Republican party back to its roots" initiative. As I will demonstrate in "What Lincoln Killed-Episode III" (I HAVE thought that far ahead) the "Radical Republicans" were no friends to liberty or anything that you would call "conservative" so that project is actually one that would make our current politics worse. As […]

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