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Big Brother

  Big Brother (1984) I have spoken often recently about the lack of awareness of our population. The removal of books from our children’s reading lists in  schools is the beginning. Fahrenheit 451, Orwell’s 1984 Read More

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Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu – The Art of War The Text of Sun Tzu I have found it difficult to glean much about the history of Sun Tzu’s text. The quotations that occur in early authors go Read More

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Posse Comitatus

  United States Code TITLE 18 – CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE  PART I – CRIMES CHAPTER 67 – MILITARY AND NAVY      Sec. 1385. Use of Army and Air Force as posse comitatus Whoever, Read More

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Magna Carta

  Magna Carta MAGNA CARTAThe Great Charter of English liberty granted (under considerable duress) by King John at Runnymede on June 15, 1215 John, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Read More

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The Federalist Papers

  The Federalist Papers ABOUT THE FEDERALIST PAPERS The Federalist, commonly referred to as the Federalist  Papers, is a series of 85 essays written by Alexander  Hamilton, John Jay,  and James Madison between October 1787 Read More

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Articles of Confederation Text

Articles of Confederation To all to whom these Presents shall come, we the undersigned Delegates of the States affixed to our Names send greeting. Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the states of New Read More

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Articles of Confederation

  Articles of Confederation ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION At the same time that Jefferson was drafting the Declaration,  members of the Continental Congress were developing a new form of government for  the confederated colonies. On 7 Read More

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US Constitution Text

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Links to Articles Article I Article II Article III Article IV Article V Article VI Article VII Signatories  We the People of the United States, in Order to  form Read More

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US Bill of Rights

  US Constitution – Bill of Rights (amendments) Amendments Amendment I  [Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition (1791)] Amendment II [Right  to Bear Arms (1791)] Amendment III  [Quartering of Troops (1791)] Amendment IV [Search  and Seizure Read More

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US Constitution in Brief

A brief summary of the history of the US Constitution. Finally approved on September 17, 1787, the Constitution laid out the framework for the  new United States government. It reconciled the differences between the states  Read More