Ok, folks, I’m back to writing long-form essays. Apologies for the delay since the last one, but life has been, well, complicated. Please know that I’m back in the saddle and have returned to regular programming. William Gladstone once famously said of the American Constitution that it was “the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man”? I agree. The creation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights was the culmination of the most innovative period of constitutional statesmanship ever known to man before or since. I also think the Constitution played a major role in creating the freest society in world history. Its principles and institutions and its forms and formalities came together to create what I call the world’s first
“America never was in higher prosperity, her produce abundant and bearing a good price, her working people all employed and well paid. . . ; and our commerce being no longer the monopoly of British merchants, we are furnished with all the foreign commodities we need, at much more reasonable rates than heretofore.
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"Consequently, various state legislatures passed various punitive laws to compel acceptance of the devalued currency to prop-up it up."
Wow. If you wonder what it would be like to read the works of Samuel Adams, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson during their time, you are doing that now. Brad Thompson's writings will save America from our present crisis of doubt about the founding of America. This is historic writing.
Thank you for this insight into the Articles of Confederation. Brilliant analysis. Your essay is clear and compelling, and leaves me eager to read your next installment. A worthy way to start 2024. Thanks again.
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“America never was in higher prosperity, her produce abundant and bearing a good price, her working people all employed and well paid. . . ; and our commerce being no longer the monopoly of British merchants, we are furnished with all the foreign commodities we need, at much more reasonable rates than heretofore.
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"Consequently, various state legislatures passed various punitive laws to compel acceptance of the devalued currency to prop-up it up."
Otherwise, A+.
Wow. If you wonder what it would be like to read the works of Samuel Adams, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson during their time, you are doing that now. Brad Thompson's writings will save America from our present crisis of doubt about the founding of America. This is historic writing.
I'm reading the Federalist Papers right now, so this article is quite helpful.
Always blow it out of the water. Appreciate the insights.
Thank you for this insight into the Articles of Confederation. Brilliant analysis. Your essay is clear and compelling, and leaves me eager to read your next installment. A worthy way to start 2024. Thanks again.
Another fine start…