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By Tim Lynch | September 30th, 2021 | In the 17th Century, an English physician and philosopher named John Locke published several works that became very influential to the Liberty movement in England’s American colonies.  Locke’s belief that the faculty of reason could be employed to reveal truths about the physical world led him toContinue reading “John Locke and the Origins of “Emergency Powers” in Civil Government”

By Tim Lynch | September 23rd, 2021 | The Fair-Weather Patriot | If those were the times that tried men’s souls, then what are these?  A fair-weather patriot abandons the fight for liberty when challenges arise, choosing instead the easy and pacific bosom of centralized government.  In this time of great consternation, who has theContinue reading “The New Crisis”

By Tim Lynch | September 16th, 2021 | Over the past 50 years, but especially in the past ten, America has witnessed an incredible amount of political polarization, with entrenched partisanship further fortifying their positions in the battle for domination of the American system of government.  Ignoring the fact that it is the people, andContinue reading “Polarization: The Reversal of American Political Ideology”

By Tim Lynch | October 15th, 2019 | In recent weeks, the word “treason” has been thrown around by everybody from politicians to media outlets to common citizens. It has become evident to me that people are using this word without understanding the true meaning of it, the implications it bears, and the consequences ofContinue reading “Treason: A Constitutional Definition”