Civic Discussions
Forum Civitatis
Civic Discussions collects essays and editorials concerned with constitutional order, institutional power, federal debt and deficit spending, civic responsibility, and the long-term health of the republic.
The Declaration of Independence Usurped
Echoes of 1776 in Today’s America
Echoes of 1776 in Today’s America
A civic essay comparing the grievances of 1776 with modern institutional overreach, federal expansion, war powers, national debt, and the erosion of constitutional restraint.
The Mortgage We Can’t Afford
How Washington’s Debt Addiction Will Bankrupt the American Dream
How Washington’s Debt Addiction Will Bankrupt the American Dream
An editorial examining the crushing US national debt through the metaphor of a second mortgage that yields no home, no ownership, and no equity in return.
The Debt Deluge
America’s Fiscal Reckoning and the Imperative for Constitutional Reform
America’s Fiscal Reckoning and the Imperative for Constitutional Reform
An editorial using historical analogy to examine America’s escalating national debt, Congress’s abandonment of fiscal discipline, and the case for constitutional reform through a balanced budget amendment and the Convention of States.