Direct Corruption: The Seventeeth Amendment

By: FoundersIntent (Diary)  |  July 5th at 06:07 PM  | 

By Ed Willing No doubt, the last several years in America have been challenging to everyone, on all sides. It has both challenged those on the left as they see so many millions question their policies and principles, and has infuriated said millions on the right because they cannot believe how quickly America has turned away from its founding principles. Both sides agree there’s problems | Read More »

We Did It: Wisconsin’s Revolt on Democracy – Recalling Republicanism

By: FoundersIntent (Diary)  |  June 5th at 06:07 PM  | 

By Ed Willing DEMOCRACY: FREEDOM, OR COLLECTIVE SUICIDE? Almost 198 years ago to the month, April 1814, in a letter to John Taylor, the second President of the United States, John Adams made an astute observation amidst calls for more democratic reform: “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” | Read More »