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July 23, 2026 Original Analysis

Jefferson, Hamilton, and Main Street

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton held fundamentally different beliefs about the relationship between Federal and local government. Jefferson held that the local government was the primary building block of the nation and that the federal government had the responsibility to protect rights and deal with administrative tasks such as defense and trade that would be […]

January 28, 2026 Original Analysis

A Pathway to Dedominance

Ever since Teddy Roosevelt’s “Great White Fleet” initiative, the United States has striven to hold onto some form of international dominance. The two World Wars gave us a perfect opportunity to rise quickly and re-order world affairs to our fancy. This form of relationship with other countries was a stark departure from the more isolationist […]

January 30, 2025 Guest Commentaries

The Rise of U.S. Federal Overreach: From Republic to Oligarchy

Critics of President Trump are fond of calling his administration an oligarchy of wealthy businessmen. What they fail to realize, however, is that the United States government has long been an oligarchy, prone to extracting wealth from its citizens and unaccountable even to elections.