A Crisis is the Perfect Time to Seize Power

“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery,” Thomas Jefferson once said. That sentiment has been somewhat seared onto the American…

“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery,” Thomas Jefferson once said. That sentiment has been somewhat seared onto the American conscience ever since; but while the trajectory of Jefferson’s life indicates that he meant it, do we?

A quick glance back over our country’s history would suggest we do not.

During times of “crisis,” both perceived and…