Wakfers' Columns

A Critique of the Articles of Confederation

"...these delegates had no right to pledge obedience to the Articles of Confederation by all the people in their respective States and even less by their progeny forever."  Column by Paul Wakfer.

A Critique of the Declaration of Independence

Recommended  "...my analysis shows that overall the Framers' objections to King George were more like those of complaining children than of proud, independent, rational adults. The tone and substance of the charges against King George seems to suggest that if he had been a benevolent dictator, the Framers would have been fully content to continuing abiding by his rule over their lives."  A paradigm-shifting column by Paul Wakfer.

Return to the Constitution??!

"Moreover, by this use of 'we,' the signers of The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution attempted to involuntarily bind not just everyone in the US at the time, but for their posterity, who had no say whatever in the matter, for all time.  This act of binding those who had not actually signed – generations not even born – to a legal document is such an act of arrogance and even tyranny, that despite the fact that the Founding Fathers probably had all of the best intentions in mind when they did so, they should be roundly condemned even while still being revered."  Column by Kitty Antonik Wakfer.

Beyond Thoreau

Paul Wakfer says Thoreau didn't go far enough: "Thoreau was much too charitable and innocent here, or maybe government employees and politicians were blinder and stupider in 1848. Today, the fact that government actions rely solely on the naked initiation of force is so clear that anyone with half a brain cannot remain associated with government unless he actually believes that pillage and plunder are morally correct."