§ Statement of Purpose

The View from 1776 presents a framework to understand present-day issues from the viewpoint of the colonists who fought for American independence in 1776 and wrote the Constitution in 1787. Knowing and preserving those understandings, what might be called the unwritten constitution of our nation, is vital to preserving constitutional government. Without them, the bare words of the Constitution are just a Rorschach ink-blot that politicians, educators, and judges can interpret to mean anything they wish.

"We have no government armed with the power capable of contending with human passions, unbridled by morality and true religion. Our constitution is made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams, to the Officers of the First Brigade, Third Division, Massachusetts Militia, October 11, 1798.

The View From 1776

§ American Traditions

The Unwritten Constitution

§ People and Ideas

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§ Decline of Western Civilization: a Snapshot

Historical Time-line

§ Books to Read

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

What The Democrat/Socialist Congress Is Doing To You

Passage of the destructive Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill will cause huge cost increases to all of our manufacturing industries, which will be passed on to us as consumers. This air-head “green” legislation amounts to imposition of the largest tax increase in our history, as well as the permanent loss of millions of productive jobs.

Among other things, it guarantees accelerated exporting of manufacturing jobs to China, India, and other Asian nations. Spain’s decisively negative experience shows that creation of “green” jobs means only that government will grow ever larger, ever more intrusive, and ever more tyrannical.