I have found that sometimes "Forewords" and "Introductions" can be overlooked gems.  From time to time on this site I will point out a Foreword or Introduction to a book.  Recently, I was reminded that Joseph Sobran wrote the Foreword to an edition of The Anti-Federalists (Regnery, 1999).  Sobran outlines what is really quite obvious: The Federalists have been proven wrong, and the Anti-Federalists have been proven right.  The Anti-Federalists warned that if the Constitution was ratified it would lead to the consolidation and centralization of political power, and that the States would lose their liberty and their freedom to govern themselves.  In short, they predicted the situation we now live in.  Given the season, Sobran's wise words are worth pondering.

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