Thomas Jefferson called him “truly the Man of the Revolution.” Governor Thomas Hutchinson called him the greatest incendiary in the King’s dominions. Both were describing the same Bostonian: Samuel Adams, the organizer who turned local anger into a continental cause. About 1772 – Demanding the troops leave after the Massacre. Adams was born in Boston on September 27, 1722, cousin of John Adams and heir to a malt-making family. He studied at Harvard and even argued, in a thesi

In an era of increasing federal overreach, mandates from distant bureaucracies, and threats to individual liberties, one organization stands as a bulwark for the principles enshrined in the U.S. Constitution: the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA). Founded in 2011 by former Graham County, Arizona, Sheriff Richard Mack, the CSPOA educates sheriffs, peace officers, public officials, and citizens about the constitutional authority and responsibilities

In our recent article, “The Supreme Court Must Uphold President Trump’s Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship,” we laid out why ending automatic citizenship for children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants is both constitutionally sound and vital for protecting American sovereignty. As the Supreme Court prepares to rule in Trump v. Barbara this summer, a powerful new analysis from one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars provides essential historical and leg

Perhaps one of our nation's most complicated patriots Picture a stormy Philadelphia night in June 1752. A middle-aged man in a plain coat stands in an open field beside his young son, William. A silk kite rises into the black clouds, twine dancing in the wind, a brass key dangling from the string. Thunder cracks. A spark jumps from the key to Benjamin Franklin’s knuckle. In that single, electrifying moment, he tamed the heavens and proved lightning was electricity. The world

Now I hear that there are a more than a few folks in Shasta County who want to vote on a bill to make our elections more secure. They want Shasta County to adopt things like hand counted ballots and voter ID. Can you believe it? Now I’m not sure why anybody would get hot-under-the-collar about making elections more secure. Seems like a good thing to me. But some, including one of our county supervisors, have said that they shouldn’t do it because they’re breaking the law. A l