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Path to Liberty
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Michael Boldin covers the original constitution, principles of the revolution, and strategy – all with an eye on advancing liberty.
Episodes
Path to LibertyTop 3 Anti-Federalist Arguments: Controversy over the Constitution
Was the Constitution a recipe for tyranny? That's what Patrick Henry, Brutus, Federal Farmer and many other Anti-Federalists feared. In this episode, we'll…
Path to LibertyUnlock the Pursuit of Happiness: The Founders’ Ignored Message
Forget everything the government-run schools taught you about the “pursuit of happiness.” The Founders had a far more radical understanding - something most…
Path to LibertyThe Founders on Power: 8 Essential Principles for a FREE Society
The Founders knew that freedom can ONLY exist when power is kept under strict limits. Anything else is arbitrary power - how they defined tyranny. The post The…
Path to Liberty2nd Amendment: 8 Key Principles From the Founders Ignored Today
They don’t teach this in government-run schools. In this episode, we explore 8 foundational principles from the founders about the right to keep and bear arms…
Path to LibertyPro Liberty, Anti-Empire: The Forgotten Founder Who Lived the Revolution
Have you ever heard of Dr. Joseph Warren? He was a key figure in the American Revolution, a fiery orator who defied British tyranny, and the man who sent Paul…
Path to LibertyEnd the Fed from the Bottom Up: The Founders’ Plan You can Use Now
The federal reserve is never going to end itself. And congress is not going to shut off its own private money printer. So it’s up to the people and the states…
Path to LibertyConstitution Myth Busted: Usurpations are Void
Think all federal laws are supreme? Think again! In this episode, we'll explore how the Founders told us the Constitution is what's supreme - and everything…
Path to LibertyChasing Votes vs Building Freedom: The Founders’ Radical Plan for Liberty
A lot of people in today’s liberty movement are totally wasting their time. They’re like a hamster on a wheel: running in place, getting nowhere. The problem…
Path to LibertyFrom Banks to Big Brother: The Rise of Financial Surveillance
Think you have financial privacy? Think again. Since Nixon, the US has increasingly turned banks and the entire financial industry into a massive surveillance…
Path to Liberty10th Amendment OG: Patrick Henry’s Top Views (on his birthday)
Turns out the guy who said 'Give me Liberty or give me death!' wasn't a big fan of a giant, centralized government. Today, on Patrick Henry’s birthday, let’s…
Path to Liberty10th Amendment: Why the Supremacy Clause Doesn’t Apply When States Opt Out
Despite what supporters of the monster state want you to believe, there are times when states push back against federal power and the supremacy clause doesn’t…
Path to LibertyNullification in Action: The Shocking True Story of Fugitive Slave Anthony Burns
This is an absolutely incredible story of resistance to federal power. Anthony Burns - born into slavery, escaped, captured - and the center of a massive…
Path to LibertyCaught in the Crosshairs? How Geofence Warrants Turn Innocent People into Suspects
Imagine being a suspect for simply walking near a crime scene. That's the reality of a mass, warrantless surveillance tool called a geofence warrant The post…
Path to Liberty4 Biggest Threats to Liberty: Founding Fathers Warned Us
Explore the 4 biggest threats to liberty as identified by the Founding Fathers, with quotes & analysis included. Learn how history can guide us in…
Path to LibertyFDR’s Gold Grab: The Confiscation Most Americans Ignored
Executive Order 6102 - learn the truth behind the gold confiscation order, and the fact that most Americans defied it. The post FDR’s Gold Grab: The…
Path to LibertyWhat is Liberty? 3 Views From Divine Right to Individual Rights
What does "liberty" truly mean? We explore 3 schools of thought, from Filmer's "divine right" to Locke & the Founding Fathers' individual rights. Plus…
Path to LibertyMaster the Constitution: DIY Guide to Original Meaning
Do you ever wonder what the Constitution really means? This video will show you how to learn the Constitution the way the Founding Fathers told us to. We'll…
Path to LibertyNullification News: Key Wins on Sound Money, Firearms and Privacy
Gold and Silver, CBDC, Biometric Surveillance and 2nd Amendment Financial Privacy. We break down the bills and new laws & what they mean for you. The post…
Path to LibertyWar and Foreign Policy: Top-5 Influences on the Founders
They’re mostly ignored or forgotten today. But, to the founders, these five formed an international law and foreign policy pantheon. The post War and Foreign…
Path to LibertyNo Deal for Gun Control: North Carolina Rejects British Offer from General Clinton
No deal. That’s pretty much how North Carolina patriots responded to British Major General Henry Clinton’s proclamation condemning what he called their “wicked…
Path to LibertyThe Constitution vs the National Bank: Edmund Randolph’s Analysis
George Washington asked his attorney general to give his opinion on whether he felt Alexander Hamilton’s Bank Bill was constitutional. The answer was a…
Path to LibertyJohn Locke vs Lysander Spooner: Consent of the Governed
Tracing its roots back to John Locke, the Mayflower Compact - and even earlier - the “consent of the governed” was one of the most important principles in the…
Path to LibertySovereignty and the Constitution: Government as Agent of the People of the States
In the American system, the people of the several states are sovereign, meaning they hold final or ultimate authority. Power flows from them to the federal…
Path to LibertyThe Law: An Intro from the Founders to Frederic Bastiat
In his 1850 essay The Law, Bastiat railed against socialism, and argued that legitimate law isn’t just the will of politicians, but instead is based on…
Path to LibertyNo Permanent Alliances: Foreign Policy of Washington and Jefferson
George Washington: “It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.” Thomas Jefferson: “Commerce with all…
Path to LibertyThe Failed Strategy of “Vote the Bums Out” is Making Things Even Worse
From Samuel Adams and Thomas Jefferson to Lysander Spooner - the notion that the people should submit until they can replace enough politicians to stop the…
Path to LibertyThomas Jefferson’s Prediction of Economic Meltdown and its Relevance Today
Jefferson's chilling warnings about unchecked fiat, paper money printing proved prophetic as the U.S. plunged into its first boom-bust economic crisis in the…
Path to LibertyBenjamin Franklin’s Rules for Bringing Down Empires
With some of his sharpest satire and wit, Franklin told the British the top-20 ways their policies would bring their empire over the American colonies to an…
Path to LibertyTax Resistance and the Birth of American Independence
86 years and a day before the "shot heard 'round the world" - the people of Boston and surrounding towns rose up and overthrew the royal governor in a dispute…
Path to LibertyFirst for Independence: The Halifax Resolves of 1776
April 12, 1776 - the first official action by one of the colonies in full support of declaring independence. The Halifax Resolves were also the first example…
Path to LibertySound Money Success: The Utah Case Study
Since 2011 - a combination of state laws and human action has built what is likely the most robust foundation for the advancement of gold and silver as money…
Path to LibertyA Fatal Error: A Single Step is a Step Too Far
Supporting one version of an unconstitutional government program over another - because it seems to be the "least offensive" option - is not only what leading…
Path to LibertyFirearm Financial Privacy: Nullification Status Report
Originally implemented by the IRS - gun-control advocates want to use "Merchant Category Codes" to track purchases of firearms, firearm accessories and…
Path to LibertyCase Study: Utah vs the Surveillance State
For more than a decade, starting in 2013, the Utah legislature has incrementally built some of the most robust privacy protections in the country with a…
Path to Liberty3 Key Elements from the American Revolution for Successful Nullification Today
Responding to the Coercive Acts of 1774 - the "Intolerable Acts" - the old revolutionaries were organized, coordinated - and very strategic in their approach…
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Did the Founders Ignore their own Warnings on Consolidation?
Consolidation - we were warned - would guarantee a destruction of liberty. But many founders seemed to believe they could pull off a “proper” or “partial”…
Path to LibertyBully Government Bullies Apple
In yet another example of the government rejecting founding principles by working to bring businesses under federal control, the DOJ and 16 state attorneys…
Path to LibertyForce vs Freedom: Anti-Federalist Federal Farmer No. 6-7
Warning that some federalists were fakes who really wanted a totally consolidated system, Federal Farmer makes the case that too few representatives, coupled…
Path to LibertyThe Gun Grabber Argument Against Defend the Guard
It’s a trap! - tacitly accepting a collectivist gun grabber view of the 2nd Amendment to oppose the Defend the Guard Act. The post The Gun Grabber Argument…
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Constitution 101: Necessary and Proper Clause
One of the most abused and misused clauses of the Constitution - and also one of the most ambiguous, even at the time of the founding - the so-called “sweeping…
Path to LibertyHidden Gems: James Madison’s Top-12 Quotes on the Constitution
Born March 16, 1751 - the “father of the Constitution” had plenty to say about the system he was so influential in creating - and how to enforce it when the…
Path to LibertyGold, Guns, CBDC and Prohibition: Nullification Movement News
Racking up more wins for the constitution and liberty - the latest news from the 10th Amendment and nullification movement in the states. The post Gold, Guns…
Path to LibertyUndefined Power: Anti-Federalist Federal Farmer No. 4-5
Federal Farmer warned that liberty under the constitution would depend primarily on the worst of all possible checks, “the prudence, wisdom and moderation of…
Path to LibertyA Real State of the Union: George Washington’s First Annual Address
January 8, 1790: George Washington delivered the first message to Congress on the state of the Union. No pomp, no long partisan clapping. and the shortest ever…
Path to LibertyTop-5 Reasons for the Monster State
Understanding how things got so bad is the first step on the road to recovery, the path to liberty. The post Top-5 Reasons for the Monster State appeared first…
Path to Liberty“Freedom is the Prize” – Joseph Warren’s Boston Massacre Day Oration v2
“Act worthy of yourselves.” In the face of a standing army occupier - and direct threats to his own life, the great Revolutionary war hero Dr. Joseph Warren…
Path to LibertyMore Wins: Nullification Movement News
Big steps forward - with bills passing on sound money, privacy, the right to keep and bear arms, CBDCs and more. The post More Wins: Nullification Movement…
Path to Liberty“Mrs President,” Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams was a fierce advocate for independence, warned that power always grows, repeatedly pushed for the advancement of women, was an early opponent of…
Path to LibertyUncontrolled Despotism: Mercy Otis Warren on the Constitution
In her widely-read and influential anti-federalist essay, Mercy Otis Warren warned that the Constitution would abandon the principles of the American…
Path to LibertyCNN Propaganda: Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act
On the recently-passed Utah “Constitutional Sovereignty Act,” the fear-mongering, lies and disinformation are bad - even for CNN standards. The post CNN…
Path to LibertyTyranny 101: How the Federal Reserve Powers the Monster State
The central bank is the engine that powers the largest government in history. And things won’t change until people are “generally and radically instructed” as…
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The Perils of Centralization: Anti-Federalist Federal Farmer No. 2-3
The Federal Farmer lays out a laundry list of reasons why the system under the constitution “will have a strong tendency to aristocracy, or the government of…
Path to LibertyAsset Forfeiture is Theft: Another Supreme Court Fail
Many people believe the Supreme Court “ended asset forfeiture” with its 2019 opinion in Timbs v. Indiana. That’s not only false, but by trying to expand…
Path to LibertyConstitution 101: Enforcement Mechanism
Yes, there actually is an enforcement mechanism to keep the federal government within the bounds of the constitution. But it has nothing to do with trying to…
Path to LibertyBeware of Tyrants: Anti-Federalist Federal Farmer No. 1
In the first of his 18 anti-federalist letters, the Federal Farmer warned against adopting a new system hastily out of fear, which has always “been the custom…
Path to LibertyRamping Up: Nullification Movement News
The latest from the 10th Amendment Movement: Second Amendment Preservation Act, Defend the Guard, Rejecting CBDC, Financial privacy - and more. The post…
Path to LibertyThe Revolution vs Unlimited, Centralized Power
Taxation without representation, standing armies, suspending legislatures, and so much more - these were all symptoms of a much greater, underlying issue - the…
Path to LibertyWar Powers and George Washington
Supporters of unilateral executive war powers want you to believe that kind of power is ok - because George Washington engaged in war without getting…
Path to LibertyThe Big “Invasion” they Want you to Ignore
While most people think of the word “invasion” in one context only, the Founders also used it in a way that’s almost completely ignored today. The post The Big…
Path to LibertyConstitution 101: The Supremacy Clause
One of the most twisted and abused clauses of the Constitution - most people get it almost totally backwards. The post Constitution 101: The Supremacy Clause…