Book Review - The Founders' Key

The Founders' Key by Larry P. Arnn

The Divine and Natural Connection Between the Declaration and the Constitution and What we Risk by Losing It.

I liked alot of his points. He speaks to the growth of government and how much of our government is outside the control of congress and therefore outside the ability for it to be reigned in easily. Many of the agencies get their funding from other ways beyond congressional budgeting - again that makes them difficult to control and reign in. He defines the 'Progressive Movement' that is the direct cause of the growth of government and the disregard of the constitution. He compares and contrasts the differences between a progressive / socialistic government and a constitutional government. He states that "although it will take time to recover constitutional government, a start can be made now, and significant results can be achieved soon." I have to say I am not as optimistic that this is even possible. We have had years of progressive teaching in schools to the point where the younger generations have been so ingrained to believe that the constitution is bad that I do not have has much optimism that we can have any sort of results. He states that "we have to recover the meaning of certain principles and we have to recover the methods of constitutional rule as they are exemplified by the best practices from our past." So with the current culture, with progressivism being taught in the schools - how can we recover the meaning of certain principles? They are no longer being taught. And while it is wonderful to say we need to start with educating the public - I am not sure that isn't pie in the sky type of talk. Is it even possible anymore after the years of indoctrination. 

I very much enjoyed the book but I am not sure he really gets to a good, concrete plan as to how to turn it around. I think his book does a great job of identifying the problems though. Maybe that is half the battle - just getting people to see the problem.

A complementary copy of the book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.