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1776 all-stars: Why a Farmer is the most fascinating Founder

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This is part of 1776 All-Stars, a series about Reason's favorite American Founders. Read more here. Joanna Andreasson I do not know my favorite Founder's name. I just know that in 1788 a Baltimore newspaper published a series of pseudonymous essays where he warned against standing armies, called for a bill of rights, and declared, paraphrasing Jonathan Swift, that "laws are cobwebs, catching only the flies and letting the wasps escape." See-sawi…

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1776 all-stars: Why a Farmer is the most fascinating Founder

This is part of 1776 All-Stars, a series about Reason's favorite American Founders. Read more here. Joanna Andreasson I do not know my favorite Founder's name. I just know that in 1788 a Baltimore newspaper published a series of pseudonymous essays where he warned against standing armies, called for a bill of rights, and declared, paraphrasing Jonathan Swift, that "laws are cobwebs, catching only the flies and letting the wasps escape." See-sawi…

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Reason broke the news in United States on Thursday, June 18, 2026.
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