The Cause of Liberty

The Declaration of Dependence

The following is my updated version of The Declaration of Independence. It adds and highlights political philosophy of the Founders that was a given to them, but has been lost over time. In the course of human events, it has become necessary for our People to resurrect the Political Bands once ...

Holding Barack Obama Accountable to His Stance on Partisan Politics

Let me start by stressing that the lack of integrity I'm pointing out here does not apply solely to President Obama. I find very few politicians in Washington today -- from both sides of the aisle -- who won't say whatever they feel is necessary to garner favor from any particular ...

Oliver DeMille’s New Book, The Coming Aristocracy, Released

The Center for Social Leadership is thrilled to announce the release of The Coming Aristocracy: Education and the Future of Freedom by Oliver DeMille. Purchase the book here for $14.95 + shipping. Click here to download the introduction of the book and two hour-long recorded webinars with Oliver DeMille, which are ...

The Iranian Protests: A Lesson in Non-Intervention

The Iranian uprising in June and July has shown us once again that the people of so-called third-world countries are not just lambs for despotic leaders to slaughter. These people have made it clear that they do want freedom and to determine their own destiny. Freedom doesn’t happen overnight, just like ...

What is Your Standard?

As early as the twelfth century and late as the seventeenth, Heraldic Standards were a symbolic form of communication both in courts and on the battlefield. Whether the Thane of a town of the King of a nation, a member of a guild or clergyman of a religion, people of ...

Death by Consumption

Consumption is a deadly disease. We eat up and hoard those things that are supposed to bring us happiness and satisfaction, but never do. Economies of demand promote consumption. In the aftermath of 9/11 we were instructed by our President and the mayor of New York to be American and "go ...

Lead, Follow, or Do Both

A few weeks ago I had the horror of going on vacation with my in-laws. My wife’s family is much bigger than mine, and I mean much bigger. We are talking twenty-five people. Out of these twenty-five, there are twelve children, most under the age of five. That is almost ...

The Ideal Political Theory & Structure, Part II: Pragmatic Objectivism

Read Part I Here The theoretical glue that binds seemingly antithetical opposites together is the concept of relativity. All truth is paradoxical; while we seek to create and perpetuate good and to destroy evil, good, by definition, does not exist without evil. We seek peace but it does not exist without ...

Listen to This 5,000 Year Leap Panel Discussion

I was recently privileged to participate in a panel discussion on Principle #7 in The 5,000 Year Leap by Cleon Skousen. The principle is "The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things." You'll find the MP3 recording on Liberty Jukebox, a site created by Dave ...

China Rising, Part III: The Taiwan Dilemma

Read Part I Here Read Part II Here The potential for U.S. military conflict with China is centered on three main issues: Taiwan, competition for natural resources (specifically oil and natural gas), and how the U.S. should prepare for and deal with possible asymmetrical attacks from China. Taiwan To the Chinese, Taiwan symbolizes a ...