If you want to know what Plato said, read Plato. If you want to know what Aristotle said, read Aristotle. If you want to know what the Bible says, read the Bible and if you want to know what the founders said, read the documents they wrote! This is one of the most patriotic things you can do!
Read the original documents! Commentary is great, but first read the document! I have included unedited copies of the primary documents. The problem is that if you take a standard edition of the primary documents from most sources, you will probably have someone else's commentary attached and perhaps even included in the text. This is not productive of the best understanding of the texts.
It is really that simple! The chief goal of this site is to faithfully curate the ORIGINAL documents of the founding of our nation. These are the basis of our country and are critical to the continued existence of our Republic.
Our Republic is under attack by an unlikely coalition of barbarians from the two parties which dominate and control our political system!
The major political parties have found some things on which they agree: They will spend more money than we have and will make our grandchildren pay for it, and they will ignore the Constitution at their convenience!
For this reason and many others we need to have a knowledgeable and active electorate. Without that, our Republic is lost!
There is no neutrality among the punditry. We should expect none. There has never been any, because all humans have opinions, and all communication is tainted by them. There is no neutrality in the classroom for these same reasons. The same is true of commentary. If we want to know the truth so that we can act upon it, we must be willing to educate ourselves, and read the original documents, and decide for ourselves. After that we can confront the barrage of opinions assaulting our minds daily.
That is why we are here!
Staying informed is important, and so is testing opinions in the marketplace of ideas. The original documents offer a framework for thinking these things through. For this reason we will offer news and commentary as well. Judge that commentary based on the information available on the rest of this site.