Recent Blog Posts

The words “civility” and “compromise” don’t appear in the Constitution, but it can’t work without their prevalence in practice.

The United States is a government of laws, not men - but only if we understand why this matters and honor it in our behavior.

In our time, the Preamble to the Constitution gets scant attention. It wasn’t always that way - nor should it be now.

The framers of the Constitution didn’t invite everyone into the body politic, but their document has, over the course of American history, promoted a more inclusive society.

Without morality in the people, the Constitution cannot work.

The nullification of federal laws is a dangerous tool which threatens our national union.

The Constitutional Convention in 1787 did not produce a perfect document. It is our job to continually improve the union of the states - and they gave us that challenge.

Public service is a calling, not just a job. The Oath of Office requires a moral commitment to the Constitution that is central to American government.

The framers of the Constitution left “God” out . Their goal was to allow religion to flourish as a way to build virtue and morality in citizens.

Slavish attention to constituents’ demands is not what the Constitution's framers wanted.

Our reverence for the U.S. Constitution is understandable.  But, like all living things, it is subject to disease and mortality. George Washington warned us to be careful.

Those who wrote the Constitution feared the rise of political parties. They came anyway - for good and ill.