Center for Self Governance

Awaiting The Dawn

It is always darkest just before dawn… The past two years have been one of the strangest and very arguably difficult periods in American history. A global pandemic of questionable origins. Political upheaval that has transcended traditional squabbles…

Elizabeth Shackelford – When the Fox Defends the Henhouse

Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): When two of the greatest generals in American history talk, you should listen. The breathtaking devolution of our Afghanistan exit plan stunned the world. In the blood soaked aftermath, 13 American servicemen and…

The CDC Just Proved Milton Friedman Right (Again!)

I hate to say “I told you so.” Well, actually, I really enjoy saying “I told you so.” And, when it comes to the Centers for Disease Control and its pandemic power grabs, I did indeed tell you…

Dems: All Good Things Must Come to a Spend

Forget reading the bill after you pass it — now Senate Democrats want to pass a bill that doesn’t exist! Taking their abuse of the legislative process to new heights, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) did something that…

Knock, Knock, It’s Big Brother Joe

After the Biden administration failed to meet its target of vaccinating 70 percent of Americans by July 4, the president suggested he may turn to drastic measures to boost vaccination rates, including sending people “door-to-door — literally knocking…

3 Reasons Homeschoolers Often Become Entrepreneurs

I learned the word “entrepreneurship” when I was 12. I had just started my first business, and my mother informed me I was now an “entrepreneur.” I didn’t know what the word meant, but I liked the way…

Are Fathers Necessary?

Are fathers necessary? For all of recorded history, the need to explain why fathers are necessary would have been regarded as, well, unnecessary. It would have been like explaining why water, or air, is necessary. But we live…

Dr. Fauci & Mr. Hide

For months, Americans were told to do what Dr. Anthony Fauci said. We shut down businesses and churches, locked up schools, and wore masks. Now, 800-pages of redacted emails later, the country’s finding out that the head of…

Memorial Day: Our Principles Are Still Worth Fighting For! 

Our contemporary American experience seems often Orwellian. We have a Congress that denies our Rights in the name of security. We have a judiciary that often denies the Constitution and violates it by asserting a power to make…

Today In History: The Constitutional Convention Begins

Before the Constitution, America’s national government operated under the Articles of Confederation, which was a flawed document that went through numerous attempted fixes. In September 1786, delegates from five states met in the Annapolis Convention as part of…

How Big Should Government Be?

One of the most important differences between the Left and the Right is how each regards the role and the size of the government. The Left believes that the state should be the most powerful force in society.…

When Government Becomes Destructive Of Life, Liberty & Property

The social contract of Life, Liberty, and Property, derived from the Bible and defined for us by famed philosopher John Locke, is the legal foundation to a free society. Without it, a free society falters into corruption, tyranny,…

John Locke: Natural Rights to Life, Liberty, & Property

John Locke’s writings did much to inspire the American Revolution. A number of times throughout history, tyranny has stimulated breakthrough thinking about liberty. This was certainly the case in England with the mid-17th-century era of repression, rebellion, and…

Mandatory Vaccinations & The Sacred Property of Conscience

America was established upon the principles of Liberty. James Madison said wrote in 1792: “Conscience is the most sacred of all property; other property depending in part on positive law, the exercise of that, being a natural and…

The Sanctity of Property: “Do Not Steal”

A good case can be made that the Eighth Commandment, “Do Not Steal,” is the one commandment that encompasses all the others. How does “Do Not Steal” encompass the other commandments? Murder is the stealing of another person’s…

Property Rights Are Human Rights

Do we realize how important and essential property ownership is to Liberty? Our founders knew how essential property ownership was to every inherent right. We must understand the proper definition of Property to know its necessity to Liberty. Property…

Private Property and Government: What Does the Constitution Say?

The economic concept of private property refers to the rights owners have to the exclusive use and disposal of a physical object. Property is not a table, a chair, or an acre of land. It is the bundle…