"Were American Indians Really Environmentalists?"

by Tom Woods, CampaignForLiberty.com.

The traditional story is familiar to American schoolchildren: the American Indians possessed a profound spiritual kinship with nature, and were unusually solicitous of environmental welfare.

...Although we often hear that the Indians knew nothing of private property, their actual views of property varied across time, place, and tribe. When land and game were plentiful, it is not surprising that people exerted little effort in defining and enforcing property rights. But as those things became more scarce, Indians appreciated the value of assigning property rights in (for example) hunting and fishing....

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What is the job of a U.S. Congressman?

The following is the video from our March 26 discussion group meeting. Jake Towne took the helm for an excellent discussion on the powers of Congress from Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. You can read the outline of the talk here.

"Mandatory Health Care and Interstate Commerce"

From NCCS.net.

During the recent discussions on Health Care, one former Congressman held up a copy of the Constitution and asked the TV host, “Tell me any place in the Constitution where the federal government has the power to pass this health care bill.” The host replied that it is the Interstate Commerce clause of the Constitution that contains that power. The argument then ensued, which like most arguments on current topics, never come to a proper conclusion because most people have no idea of the origin of Constitutional principles. . .

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"Are We Seeing a Constitutional Awakening?"

by Walter Williams, TenthAmendmentCenter.com.

If there is anything good to say about Democrat control of the White House, Senate and House of Representatives, it’s that their extraordinarily brazen, heavy-handed acts have aroused a level of constitutional interest among the American people that has been dormant for far too long. . .

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