From Redcoats to SWAT: How Americans Became Less Free
Why our government is far worse than the British Crown.
Most Americans learn about the Revolution as a fight against unfair taxes and British tyranny. But dig deeper into the Declaration of Independence, and one grievance leaps off the page: “He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.”
Thomas Jefferson wasn’t just talking about soldiers traipsing about in…
