We Are a Conquered People

The states of America, which gradually became united in one federation between 1787 and 1959, still exist as distinct entities defined by name and regional eccentricities that each takes pride in. People in every state still entertain the delusion that they are separately-governed jurisdictions, voluntarily united into one country. Most of us have accepted theContinueContinue reading “We Are a Conquered People”

The Big Guy’s 1260 days

Respect for the individual person has reached its highest expression in the founding documents of the United States. Those founding documents created a republic, precisely to assure that the individual is sovereign, that the rights guaranteed in the Constitution apply to each person individually and that no group of people (a democracy) can assert group rights that strip one of individual rights…