[It is an] essential, unalterable right in nature, engrafted into the British constitution as a fundamental law, and ever held sacred and irrevocable by the subjects within the realm, that what a man has honestly acquired is absolutely his own, which he may freely give, but cannot be taken from him without his consent.
– Samuel Adams, The Massachusetts Circular Letter [February 11, 1768] |
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July 25, 2023
A Constantly Shifting Array of Official Enemies
I entered Virginia Military Institute as a freshman in 1968. By that time, the Vietnam War was in full swing. During the four years that I was at the school, VMI graduates were among the tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers who were being killed or injured for nothing. Everyone at VMI was required to be in the corps. Naturally, as a military … |
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