The Road Nobody Watched
August 27, 1776: the largest battle of the Revolution, and the worst day of Washington’s life
American Leviathan
American Leviathan unpacks how the administrative state has evolved into an unaccountable, progressive behemoth, eroding constitutional freedoms and consolidating power beyond democratic control.
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The Plot Against Washington
June 1776: a counterfeiting scheme, a royal governor on a ship, and the first man the Continental Army ever hanged
The Oracle
Montesquieu wrote the blueprint. The Founders built from it. Then they improved on it.
The Scotsman Who Taught the Father of the Constitution
How a small country’s intellectual revolution ended up written into American law
The Book the Hangman Burned
Before there was a Constitution, there was a Scottish minister who said the law is king.
They Signed It Anyway
On August 2, 1776, the largest invasion force in British history was sitting in New York Harbor. That was the day they put their names on it.
The Republic’s First Classroom
Before America governed a nation, it governed neighborhoods
Why the Founders Read History
Dead people make excellent political advisors
Roger Williams Was Right
The exile who made America freer
The Way of the Ancestors
Rome's unwritten constitution
A Republic, If You Can Keep It
Announcing The Thread of Liberty — my new documentary, released this Fourth of July for America’s 250th
The Declaration Heard Around the World
July 4 and the birth of the American idea
The Vote That Made Independence Real
July 2 and the decision no one could reverse
The Martyr of Liberty
Algernon Sidney and the execution that inspired the founders
The Philosopher Behind the Revolution
John Locke and the right to say no
The Books That Started a Revolution
Cato’s Letters and the founders’ fear of power
The Founder America Forgot
James Wilson and the invention of popular sovereignty
The Midnight Rider Few Remember
Caesar Rodney and the vote that changed history
The Founder Who Built the Treasury
Robert Morris and the money behind independence
The Battle That Looked Like a Defeat
Bunker Hill and the cost of underestimating Americans
The Army Becomes a Nation
George Washington takes command
The Plan That Refused Consolidation
William Paterson and the fear of centralized power